Joanna Cole

It's Ms. Frizzle's birthday and the class wants to surprise her with a party. But something is missing--a birthday cake. The class decides to bake one for her. As usual, the kids' trip to the bakery becomes a Magic School Bus adventure.

Picture book of teacher Mrs. Frizzle's tour through the rain forest.

The Clown-Around family enters a contest which promises a big surprise to the winner.

Something's rotten in Ms. Frizzle's class! It's "Accidental Science Project" day. The kids have to bring in the moldiest things they can find in the refrigerators. Everybody agrees that mold is just disgusting! But when they go on a field trip inside a rotting log, they discover that all that dead-looking stuff is actually alive.

The inventor of the wheel probably never dreamt of all the things it can do.

Close-up photographs and text explain the details of a frog's anatomy.

The author discusses her life, how she came to be a writer, where she gets her ideas from, and what is involved in producing a book.

Unable to stand his noisy and overcrowded home any longer, a farmer goes to the Wise Man for advice.

Describes such Ice Age mammals as the saber-toothed tiger, mastodon, and cave bear.