Bruce Degen

A little boy who is not ready for sleep goes on a bedtime adventure.

When Ms. Frizzle takes her class to a dinosaur dig to look for Maiasaura nests, the Magic School Bus turns into a time machine and transports them back into prehistoric times--when dinosaurs roamed the Earth. Ms. Frizzle, using the magic school bus, takes her class back in time to see the dinosaurs firsthand.

On a special field trip in the magic school bus, Ms. Frizzle's class visits a weather station and learns how hurricanes form. A storm system is brewing over a tropical ocean and Ms. Frizzle's class experiences a hurricane first-hand from air, sea, and land. Readers learn how changes in the air make different kinds of weather. Wind, rain, thunder, and lightning will take new meaning when you're inside a hurricane! The magic school bus changes into...

On another special field trip on the magic school bus, Ms. Frizzle's class learns about the ocean and the different creatures that live there.

Holiday special: on the last day of school before the winter holidays, the kids take a trip to a recycling plant. All dried up: Phoebe learns how the animals and plants of the desert take care of themselves. In the rainforest: the kids visit a rainforest on Earth day.

Miss Frizzle's class is stuck in a tree. It's time for a wild leaf ride as with the help of the Magic School Bus they learn all about leaves.