Joanna Cole

Ms. Frizzle and the kids are off on an adventure to the rain forest, to find out why Ms. Frizzle's cocoa tree has stopped growing cocoa beans.

Ms. Frizzle introduces some of the animals who inhabit the rain forests plus explains how they have adapted to their ecosystem.

Gets lost in space (topic: the solar system); Arnold's know-it-all cousin gets Ms. Frizzle's class lost in outer space. Out of this world (topic: space rocks): When an asteroid heads straight for the school, Ms. Frizzle arranges a field trip into space. Gains weight (topic: gravity): Ms. Frizzle takes the class into space and turns the bus into a planet with adjustable gravity. Plays ball (topic: forces): Ms. Frizzle combines physics and baseball...

Ms. Frizzle takes her class to a drive-in movie about a praying mantis. She drives her magic school bus right into the movie to show her class how spiders trap their prey.

Dorothy Ann loves her physics book; Ralphie loves baseball. Ms. Frizzle ingeniously combines the two in a page-hopping adventure through Dorothy Ann's book to a "Frictionless baseball game." The whole class learns about pushes and pulls in a remarkable day at a thouroughly unique ball game.

As Ms. Frizzle leads the way, the class takes a journey through Arnold's digestive system, a pulsating excursion through Ralphie's bloodstream, and an exciting exploration through the Ralphie Robot to learn about bones, joints and muscles.

When a new hot dog stand opens in town, dog-lovers Kate and Lucie rush to try it out. The food is great, but the owners' dachshunds, Ketchup and Mustard, soon disappear and it is up to the girls to save the day, while evading boys and preparing for the Bark-in-the-Park dog competition.