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The Magic School Bus: All Dried Up: A Book About Deserts (Paperback)

by Joanna Cole (Author), Bruce Degan (Illustrator), Nancy Stevens (Illustrator) "Put several drops of food coloring into the water until you have a nice, deep color..." (more)
Key Phrases: desert animals, Dorothy Ann, Field Trip Tip Number
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When Phoebe wonders how desert animals survive apparently without food or water, Ms. Frizzle and the Magic School Bus take the entire class on a very hot, very informative field trip.

Product Details

  • Reading level: Ages 4-8
  • Paperback: 32 pages
  • Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks (February 1, 1996)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0590508318
  • ISBN-13: 978-0590508315
  • Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 8.1 x 0.2 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 2.6 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #94,003 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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    #33 in  Books > Children's Books > Authors & Illustrators, A-Z > ( C ) > Cole, Joanna
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Put several drops of food coloring into the water until you have a nice, deep color. Read the first page
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desert animals
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Dorothy Ann, Field Trip Tip Number
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars a series of good books which are interesting, December 9, 2002
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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.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Life in the Desert, July 11, 2007
"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.
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6 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars I LOVE THIS BOOK, September 17, 1998
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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
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