Pat Relf

The kids in Ms. Frizzle’s class are getting their beautiful garden photographed for a magazine, but one plant is missing - Phoebe’s favorite flower from her old school. Ms. Frizzle turns the bus into an insect and the class learns all about how flowers get fertilized and create seeds.

The Magic School Bus is great, but this is one of the weaker installments. It is really just about flower parts and fertilization, not about plants growing, but that’s probably an awkward thing to put in a show more book title. show less

I love how well all the different books in the series go together. The characters and their personalities all remain constant, no matter how long the series goes on. With a lot of books, this is not necessarily a good thing, but I think that since this book's purpose is to share science with kids it works really well. You grow to love the characters and they do develop some, as they are always learning. For the most part, thought, they are static characters. The student characters are very show more relatable and Ms. Frizzle's character reminds many readers of a particularly eccentric and enthusiastic that they have had in the past.

This was not a Magic School Bus book I had previously read/ watched, so I chose this one to hear a new story in the series. One of the student's brings her pet bullfrog to class, but he gets out. Ms. Frizzle decides that the best way to find a frog is to turn into one, so they all hop into the bus before it changes into a bullfrog! The book teaches about different animals and their habitats as they venture to find Bella the pet bullfrog. This book once again teaches kids about a new science concept in a fun and intriguing way. show less

There are several reasons why I enjoyed this book. First, the book pushes readers to think about tough issues because on one page, Carlos said, "I can't believe we drink this stuff." In the illustration it shows dirt, bottles, and trash floating around in the water. Even though it continues to say the water goes through filtration process, it pushed the reader to think about how poorly the water is and how much trash goes into oceans or bays. Next, I enjoyed the point of view in the story. show more It has many people talking not just one; therefore, you have multiple people speaking. There was Carlos, Arnold, Ms. Frizzle, Wanda and so on. This is engaging to see which character is going to speak next. The big idea of this story is to have an understanding how the water cycle occurs and to realize water is a precious source that is on Earth that needs to be taken care of. show less

Like many, I've been fascinated by dinosaurs since I was young. My first trip to the New York City Natural History Museum for a school trip when I was ten, was scary, and amazing.

Looking at the darkened room where elephants were in the middle, surrounded by glass enclosed stuffed animals in their original African surroundings, was mesmerizing. I felt so small.

Yet, I truly felt tiny when the group traveled to the fourth floor where the dinosaur bones were exhibited. I admit to being scared show more and in awe at the same time.

And, now, these years later, the near complete structure of the world's largest T-Rex calls me back to the days of seeing dinosaurs in a room that echoed the sound of excited voices as we walked in a line to observe what seemed to me to be impossible. Many of those exhibited had white castings were bones were missing.

And, now years later, I read books about the largest, most complete and best preserved T-Rex known to exist. This book contains a plethora of information about Sue, named for Susan Hendrickson, a woman known for uncovering many wonders.

This is not a book about the huge bidding war and the arguments regarding who really owned the T Rex bones. Was it the America Indians whose land it was discovered? Or, did it belong to the people who discovered Sue? Or, did Sue belong to the person whose South Dakota land owned where Sue was discovered in the Bad Lands of South Dakota, USA?

In the end, the cost was 8.36 million dollars, paid by donations, but primarily funded in a joint venture by McDonalds and Disney. Most exciting is that the discovery occurred in our lifetime, and the huge, megaton T Rex is housed at the Chicago Field Natural History Museum. I do hope to see this colossal dinosaur some day!

This book is not about the biding wars, but it focuses on how the bones, once discovered, were sheltered and moved where they could be examined, and amazing here to fore amazing details were discovered.

The process of carefully cleaning by hand with the assistance of tools that when used microscopically, would uncover incredible details. Putting the puzzle pieces together was a grueling process of examining every small and large piece of the 67 million year bones. Making even a tiny mistakeable move could destroy this rare gem forever.

This book is the story of how the T Rex was excruciatingly put together. When the head was way too large to mount on the neck, a model was made, and the original was displayed in a large case for all to see.

Learning about the trucks that were needed to bring the bones from different locations until finally, it was carefully mounted and displayed for many to examine. show less