The Magic School Bus: Butterfly And The Bog Beast, The

Ms. Frizzle's class has to come up with a mascot for its soccer team. Phoebe wants it to be a butterfly, but everyone else thinks that's a dumb idea...they're too wimpy! That's when know-it-all Janet suggests a bog beast mascot. The kids think it sounds realy cool. But just what is a bog beast? Find out when you join the class on an exciting field trip to a real live bog, where they learn all about bog beasts and butterflies.

Author Joanna Cole and illustrator Bruce Degen make learning a spirited joyride, delighting young audiences with their fantastic journeys to the eye of a hurricane, the bottom of the ocean, and the center of the earth, to name just a few. Author and illustrator have said they were each inspired by an important teacher in their classroom days - very much like Ms. Frizzle! There are now more than 58 million Magic School Bus books in print, in a variety of formats, plus a wildly successful animated television series. Called "a can't-miss team" by School Library Journal, Cole and Degen live in Florida and Connecticut, respectively. For more information about Joanna Cole and Bruce Degen, visit: scholastic.com/magicschoolbus/books/authors