The Magic School Bus: Gets Ants In Its Pants: A Book About Ants [Paperback]

Joanna Cole (Author), John Speirs (Illustrator), Bruce Degan (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 4 and up | Series: Magic School Bus

Ms. Frizzle's class decides to make a movie about ants for the school science fair. They follow an ant all the way into an anthill, and discover that it's crawling with activity. Join Ms. Frizzle and the Magic School Bus gang as they learn how ants work together.

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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: 059040024X
• ISBN-13: 978-0590400244
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 7.7 x 0.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #687,923 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fun Story but Short on Facts, July 8, 2001

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Ann Azuma (Kobe, Hyogo-ken Japan) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Magic School Bus: Gets Ants In Its Pants: A Book About Ants (Paperback)

I would give this a three, only my son loves this book because he loves anything about ants. We read Ms Cole`s MAGIC SCHOOL BUS VISITS A BEEHIVE back to back with this. The comparison is too great. It would be terrific to see a layout of the ant colony`s system of tunnels and chambers. Also, no mention is made of the drones: in the story Phoebe says "Without the queen, there wouldn`t be eggs," but without drones, there wouldn`t be eggs, either. I don`t know if they showed them in the television show, but there were no pictures of the pupae, nor the interesting fact that the ants stroke them and receive a tasty secretion in return. The book was interesting, but short on information; more so than some of the others adapted from the TV series. If your child wants to find out about ants there are better books out there.

5.0 out of 5 stars book, September 2, 2007

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This review is from: The Magic School Bus: Gets Ants In Its Pants: A Book About Ants (Paperback)

MY daughter loves bugs and this is a great book to help her learn a little more about them.Shes been collecting bugs since she was 4 years old she's now 8.

4.0 out of 5 stars good teaching resource, October 15, 2000

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Nicola Hempel (Sydney, Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Magic School Bus: Gets Ants In Its Pants: A Book About Ants (Paperback)

In this book a class ventures into the busy world of an ant farm. They learn all about the different roles of the different types of ants in each colony. The story is interesting to children and a lot of information about ant communities is presented.