Bruce Degen

A boy who likes to skate and a girl who likes hats become friends, despite their differences.

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...

Ms. Frizzle and her class explore the senses by traveling on the magic school bus in and out of an eye, ear, mouth, nose, and other parts of both human and animal bodies.

A young pig imagines fantastic adventures in the sky and sea, always being able to return home at day's end.

Elementary school student Charlie Muttnik loves to draw so much that it interferes with his schoolwork, until his teacher comes up with a creative solution.

Ms. Frizzle takes the gang on a tour through the history of science so they can get ideas for their science expedition.

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.

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.

Ms. Frizzle takes her class on a field trip through the town's electrical wires so they can learn how electricity is generated and how it is used.

Keesha and the class use the world's windiest mountain to test the set pieces for their production of "The Three Little Pigs."