The Magic School Bus Hops Home: A Book About Animal Habitats

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 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 show more 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

The Magic School book is about the class going on a adventure to learn about animals. This book is great because it is fictional, but has actual facts about animals in it. The book talks about where the animal lives. It is a great book to talk about animal habitats with kids.

Summary: this is another adventure where the kids learn about the life of frogs and what they need within their habitat. The children learn about beavers a little bit as well, but they shrink to frog size in the bus and venture on to find Wanda's pet frog Bella. When they find her she is soon to be eaten by a blue heron, but she jumps into the water before it happens. Bella finds more frogs, so Wanda leaves her in her new habitat.

Reflect: I've always loved the magic school bus! Reading this made it seem like I was back in elementary school watching these during every science period to learn more about things.

Extension: this could always be used as a classroom activity to further explain the life of frogs.

Genre: Contemporary Realistic Fiction
Media: ink,oil paint, pen
Critique: I thought of this book to be a combination of infomational and contemporary realistic fiction because it takes children on adventures in a fun way where kids can explore their imagination and still learn about a variety of science lessons

The children in Mrs. Frizzles class were learning about animal homes and Wanda brought her bullfrog Bella to school. Bella jumps out the window so Mrs. Frizzle takes the children on the magic school bus to look for Bella. I can use this to teach animal habitats.

This book is another adventure with Miss Frizzle and this time it is all about Frogs! The children go on a journey in the Magic School Bus to learn about frogs.

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