Joanna Cole

Text and photos explain how a baby is conceived, how it grows inside the mother's womb, and how it is born.

Ms. Frizzle takes her kids on a whirlwind tour, from the Arctic to the equator so they can see telltale signs of climate change.

Photographic presentation of what happens inside the chicken egg during its twenty-one day incubation period.

When Ms. Frizzle and her student Arnold follow an underground passage beneath Craig's Castle Shop and find themselves in the middle of a siege of a 12th century English castle, they learn a great deal about both castles and the Middle Ages.

Ms. Frizzle is invited to spend Chinese New Year with the family of one of her students and they are all transported back to imperial China where they learn about rice farming, silk making, the Great Wall of China, and the Chinese Emperor.

Ms. Frizzle takes her class on a field trip to a beehive in her magic school bus.

Photographs and text show how the anatomy of the common house cat, from limber backbone to retractable claws, equips it to be a hunter of small rodents.

Ms. Frizzle's class is growing a beautiful garden. But, Phoebe's plot is empty. Her flowers are back at her old school! So, the class climbs aboard the Magic School Bus. And, of course, the kids don't only go back to Phoebe's school, but they go inside one of Phoebe's flowers! Follow the kids' adventure and learn how living things grow.