Author: Joanna Cole
Illustrator: Bruce Degen
Type: Picture
Grade Level: 1-4
Rating: 4 out of 5
Miss Frizzles class is at it again! This time it's an underwater adventure! The class is working on their ocean science projects when they are taken on a whirl wind field trip with Miss Frizzle and her Magic School Bus. The students get first hand experience of ocean life as they travel all throughout the ocean.
I remember loving the Magic School Bus series as a child! They were always funny and really interesting! Miss Frizzle's class was always traveling to exciting places like the ocean, space and even inside the human body! The books have all sorts of facts that are interesting and at the level of the reader. The students in Miss Frizzle's class were asking questions I myself was wondering.
Miss Frizzle is such an eccentric character! She is very intriguing to the reader with her wacky outfits and crazy adventures. Everybody in the book has a unique personality (even the bus!) and with them we are taken on all the class adventures. We are given a view into their crazy classroom experiences which we would not normally have the pleasure of gaining access to (Tunnel & Jacobs).
This book (and the whole series!) is great to have in the classroom. Yet because of all the things happening on each page it would not be the best read aloud book. It is more suitable for small groups or individual reading. You could pair the book up with science units you are working on in class. If you are feeling ambitious you could take a step into Miss Frizzle's funky shoes and take your kids onto your own version of a Magic School Bus adventure while still in the confines of your own school (or take them on a real field trip!).
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