Joanna Cole

To celebrate its 20th anniversary, Scholastic is re-releasing the ten original Magic School Bus titles in paperback. With updated scientific information, the bestselling science series ever is back!

The fieldtrip to the planetarium is foiled when the museum turns out to be closed, but Ms. Frizzle saves the day. The Magic School Bus turns into a spaceship and takes the class on a trip zooming through the atmosphere, to the Moon, and beyond! With...

Ms. Frizzle and her tour group are transported to China 1000 years in the past, where they learn how rice, tea and silk are grown and harvested, and visit the Emperor in the Forbidden City.

When Arnold wishes he had more information for his family tree, Ms. Frizzle revs up the Magic School Bus and the class zooms back to prehistoric times. First stop: 3.5 billion years ago! There aren't any people around to ask for directions. Luckily Ms. Frizzle has a plan, and the class is right there to watch simple cells become sponges and then fish and dinosaurs, then mammals and early primates and, eventually, modern humans. It's the longest class...

A child eagerly welcomes home his new baby brother.

Unable to stand his noisy and overcrowded home any longer, a farmer goes to the Wise Man for advice.

A young girl tells the story of how she came to be her parents' child through adoption.

A child observes all the things that his new baby brother does and gives all the reasons why he loves being a big brother.

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

Best, best friends Amy and Allie do absolutely everything together. But when Allie gets sick, she can't perform their duet at a fundraiser to save the local playground! Will Amy have to sing alone?