The Magic School Bus: All Dried Up: A Book About Deserts [Paperback]

Joanna Cole (Author), Bruce Degan (Illustrator), Nancy Stevens (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 1, 1996 | Age Level: 4 and up | Series: Magic School Bus

Phoebe's worried about the animals in the desert. Will they die from lack of food and water? Once again, Ms. Frizzle's class is off on another field trip. The kids are going to a real desert. Will they be able to save the animals? Do the animals really need to be saved? Join the class as they learn how plants and animals survive in the desert.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Author Joanna Cole and illustrator Bruce Degen make learning a spirited joyride, delighting young audiences with their fantastic journeys to the eye of a hurricane, the bottom of the ocean, and the center of the earth, to name just a few. Author and illustrator have said they were each inspired by an important teacher in their classroom days - very much like Ms. Frizzle! There are now more than 58 million Magic School Bus books in print, in a variety of formats, plus a wildly successful animated television series. Called "a can't-miss team" by School Library Journal, Cole and Degen live in Florida and Connecticut, respectively. For more information about Joanna Cole and Bruce Degen, visit: scholastic.com/magicschoolbus/books/authors

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4 and up
  
• Paperback: 32 pages
• Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks (February 1, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0590508318
• ISBN-13: 978-0590508315
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 7.8 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.9 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #907,407 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Life in the Desert, July 10, 2007

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This review is from: The Magic School Bus: All Dried Up: A Book About Deserts (Paperback)

"Ms. Frizzle is the strangest, most surpising teacher ever. But this morning everything was amazingly calm. We were working on our diorama of the desert. Things seemed normal--which was odd. Nothing is *ever* normal in Ms. Frizzle's class!" -- from the book

In case you're not familiar with Scholastic series of Magic School Bus books, they are books which are based on the animated TV series--which are, incindentally, based on the ORIGINAL books written by Joanna Cole and illustrated by Bruce Degen. (Whew!)

So how do animals like tortoise, coyote, kangaroo rat, roadrunner, and Gila monster survive in a place where there is no water, food or shelter? According to Ms. Frizzle, scarcity is par for the course in deserts.

In The Magic School Bus: All Dried Up, Ms. Frizzle and the kids explore the weather, terrain and animals of the desert. They learn that where there are mountains, there are deserts (the "rain shadow effect"). As the bus transforms into various desert animals, they learn about defense mechanisms and ways of coping. For example, rabbits have "ear conditioning" which help them keep cool.

After a rainstorm, the deserts blooms with color and various plants--even shrimp in a big puddle!

There is also an easy-to-do experiment at the back of the book (remember the carnation in colored water trick?) to show kids how plants (including desert plants) use water.

I use the Magic School Bus books, videos and DVDs to supplement science class (I homeschool), and they never disappoint with their down-to-Earth approach to science concepts.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars a series of good books which are interesting, December 8, 2002

A Kid's Review

This review is from: The Magic School Bus: All Dried Up: A Book About Deserts (Paperback)

I read a good book called The Magic School Bus Gets All Dried Up. The author of the Magic School bus is Joanna Cole. My favorite character is Ms. Frizzle. Ms. Frizzle is the type of teacher I would like to have because she is energetic and fun. I think I would learn alot of stuff if I were in her class because of all those field trips they go on. This is an educational book for children because there is alot of information you can learn. Sometimes they go to the zoo, beach, and other places. My favorite part of the book is when the bus shrinks into a small size so the class can have a closer look at things. These books are also a tv show. This is why I like this book, so go out and read it.

6 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I LOVE THIS BOOK, September 16, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: The Magic School Bus: All Dried Up: A Book About Deserts (Paperback)

I SAW THIS MAGIC SCHOOL BUS STORY,ALL DRIED UP ON TV . I REALY REALY LOVE THIS BOOK. MY FAVORITE CHARACTER IS ARNOLD. I AM GONNA ASK MY DADDY TO BUY IT FOR ME.////// JAKE A. I AM 5 YEARS OLD