The Magic School Bus Inside the Earth by SCHOLASTIC BOOKS

Then they all start digging to the center of the earth. So she says, 'Okay, let's go get in the bus.' And she changes her dress to get in the bus, and then they go in the bus, which is magic so it spins around and then she has a completely new outfit. They're just like the most slacker kids in the universe. But out of at least eleven kids, only four of them bring rocks. Frizzle gives the class homework: everybody's supposed to bring her a rock. So, the only thing they do in this class is science? I mean, dang, I'm a big fan of science, but yeah if I was learning about the homes of animals for a month, and it really wasn't something I was into, but that was all I was doing, day in and day out? Yeah, I'd get pretty sick of it. Apparently, they had been learning about animals' homes for almost a month and they were pretty tired of it. There's the normal text of the book, plus pretty much every page has word balloons or thought balloons coming from most of the characters, and similarly to the TV show you have little asides by the kids in the style of reports that they wrote about their trip.

I've seen a couple of episodes of the TV show with my kids, but the book is written in a really interesting style. This is the first Magic School Bus book I ever actually read. Readers of this book will be taken on an exciting, unforgettable adventure. The text and illustrations are a bit cluttered for my taste, but would be best used in the classroom when introducing or reviewing aspects of the earth. The pages of information about rocks from the students reports and a section that discusses the real and fantasy aspects of the book is also helpful. The illustrations are done in a watercolor cartoon format and dialogue bubbles contain information about the earth or humorous comments. The class also collects rock samples before they are forced back to the classroom by a volcanic eruption. Readers learn something new with the turn of every page as they explore the crust, mantle, and inner and outer cores of the earth.

This is an informative, exciting, and attractive informational book that takes readers to the center of the earth. In this Magic School Bus book, Ms Frizzle's class learns about different kinds of rocks and the formation of the earth as they go on a field trip to the inside of the earth. The Magic School Bus Inside the Earth is intended for students in grades 2-5 and is a Reading Rainbow book.

The Magic School Bus Inside the Earth by SCHOLASTIC BOOKS