Magic School Bus Series by Joanna Cole and Bruce Degen (and Guest Writers)

(Thanks to Amber Schulman for compiling these resources) Title Author Lexile

Magic School Bus, The: Liz Finds a Friend West, Tracey 130L

Magic School Bus, The: Liz Takes Flight West, Tracey 220L

Wild Leaf Ride, The Stamper, Judith 240L

Magic School Bus Kicks up a Storm, The Cole, Joanna 290L

Magic School Bus Wet All Over Relf, Pat 350L

Magic School Bus in the Haunted Museum, The Beech, Linda Ward 370L

Earthquake Herman, Gail 370L

Magic School Bus Gets Ants in Its Pants, The Beech, Linda Ward 380L

Magic School Bus Hops Home, The Cole, Joanna 400L

Magic School Bus in the Time of the Dinosaurs, The Cole, Joanna 410L

Liz Looks for a Home West, Tracey 420L

Magic School Bus Plants Seeds, The Cole, Joanna 420L

Liz Sorts It Out West, Tracey 440L

Magic School Bus Hello Out There, The Cole, Joanna AD450L

Polar Bear Patrol Stamper, Judith 460L

Magic School Bus Spins a Web West, Tracey 460L

Magic School Bus Gets Cold Feet Cole, Joanna 470L

Magic School Bus Meets the Rot Squad Beech, Linda Ward 470L

Magic School Bus Gets Programmed, The Cole, Joanna AD470L

Magic School Bus Inside Ralphie, The: A Book about Germs Nadler, Beth 470L

Magic School Bus Explores the World of Bugs, The White, Nancy 480L

Magic School Bus Goes Upstream, The Cole, Joanna 480L

Magic School Bus Lost in the Solar System, The Cole, Joanna 480L

Magic School Bus Taking Flight Cole, Joanna 480L

Magic School Bus Shows and Tells: A Book About Archeology

Posner, Jackie (TV tie-in adaptation) AD490L

Magic School Bus Plays Ball, The Krulik, Nancy E. 490L

Magic School Bus and the Electric Field Trip Cole, Joanna AD490L

Magic School Bus Explores the Senses Cole, Joanna AD490L

Magic School Bus on the Ocean Floor, The Cole, Joanna AD490L

Magic School Bus Inside a Hurricane, The Cole, Joanna AD500L

Magic School Bus Explores the World of Animals, The White, Nancy 500L

Magic School Bus Inside a Hurricane, The Cole, Joanna AD500L

Magic School Bus Gets Eaten, The Relf, Patricia 500L

Magic School Bus Butterfly and the Bog Beast, The Krulik, Nancy E. 500L

Magic School Bus Inside the Earth, The Cole, Joanna 500L

Great Shark Escape, The Johnston, Jennifer 510L

Penguin Puzzle Stamper, Judith Bauer 510L

Dinosaur Detectives Stamper, Judith Bauer 510L

Magic School Bus Gets Baked in a Cake, The Beech, Linda Ward 510L

Twister Trouble Schreiber, Ann 520L

Magic School Bus Inside the Human Body, The Cole, Joanna and Bruce Dagan AD520L

Magic School Bus Going Batty Krulik, Nancy E. 520L

Magic School Bus Inside a Beehive Cole, Joanna and Bruce Degen AD520L

Magic School Bus Gets Planted Cole, Joanna 530L

Magic School Bus Gets All Dried Up, The Cole, Joanna 530L

Magic School Bus Blows Its Top, The Cole, Joanna 540L

Magic School Bus Out of this World Posner, Jackie 540L

Magic School Bus Makes a Rainbow, The Cole, Joanna AD540L

In the Rain Forest Cole, Joanna AD550L

Answers Questions: A Book of Questions and Answers Cole, Joanna AD550L

Magic School Bus Gets a Bright Idea, The Cole, Joanna AD550L

Search for the Missing Bone, The Moore, Eva 550L

Space Explorers Moore, Eva 560L

Magic School Bus Takes a Dive, The Cole, Joanna AD560L

Magic School Bus in the Arctic, The Cole, Joanna AD570L

Amazing Magnetism Carmi, Rebecca 570L

Electric Storm Capeci, Anne 570L

Magic School Bus In a Sticky Situation, The Cole, Joanna 580L

Magic School Bus Sees Stars White, Nancy 580L

In a Pickle: A Book about Microbes Krulik, Nancy E. 590L

Wild Whale Watch, The Moore, Eva 590L

Truth about Bats, The Cole, Joanna 600L

Rocky Road Trip Stamper, Judith Bauer 600L

Insect Invaders Capeci, Anne 610L

Food Chain Frenzy Capeci, Anne 610L

Voyage to the Volcano Cole, Joanna and Bruce Degen 620L

Forest Fire Capeci, Anne 620L

Expedition Down Under Carmi, Rebecca 630L

Butterfly Battle Cole, Joanna and Bruce Degen 630L

Blizzard Stamper, Judith 630L

Giant Germ, The Capeci, Anne 660L

Magic School Bus at the Waterworks, The Cole, Joanna AD660L

Fishy Field Trip, The Schwabacher, Martin 700L

Flash Flood Capeci, Anne 710L

Space and the Planets Hirschmann, Kris 880L

Bats Hirschmann, Kris 890L

Skeletons Glassman, Jackie 950L

Whales Rosenthal, Sue 970L

Magic School Bus Power Vocabulary Inside a Beehive by Joanna Cole and Bruce Degen Power Vocabulary Word List Powered by The Lexile Framework for Reading 2001. MetaMetrics, Inc. (www.lexile.com)

AD520L Directions:The following words have been identified as Power Vocabulary words in this book. In order to read and better understand the book, you should know the definition of each word and be able to use it in a sentence.

1. antenna 2. cell 3. chemical 4. emerge 5. gland 6. lure 7. strategy 8. survive 9. vibrate 10. wax

Magic School Bus Websites Resources: Scholastic Magic School Bus Activities Lessons/Activities to Use With Individual Books: Magic School Bus on the Ocean Floor Magic School Bus at the Waterworks Magic School Bus Inside Ralphie- A Book About Germs

Magic School Bus Videos and DVDs

Blast off with The Magic School Bus' NEW DVDS! Our newest titles, Human Body and Catches a Wave are available in stores and online Fall 2005.Click an episode below for more information.

Catches a Wave (DVD) Human Body (DVD) Creepy, Crawly Fun (DVD) Space Adventures (DVD) Holiday Special (DVD) Super Sports Fun (DVD) Bugs, Bugs, Bugs (DVD) Flexes Its Muscles For Lunch Gets Ants In Its Pants Gets Eaten Gets Lost In Space Getting Energized Goes To Seed Gets Planted Greatest Adventures Makes a Rainbow

Going Batty Butterfly and the Bog Beast Hops Home In A Beehive Inside Ralphie Inside The Haunted House Kicks Up A Storm Out Of This World Plays Ball Gets Ready, Set, Dough Blows Its Top Spins A Web Taking Flight The Busasaurus In The Rainforest

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