The Magic School Bus: Lost in the Solar System

the Field Trip To The Planetarium Is Foiled When The Museum Turns Out To Be Closed, But Ms. Frizzle Saves The Day. The Magic School Bus Turns Into A Spaceship And Takes The Class On A Trip Zooming Through The Atmosphere, To The Moon, And Beyond! With Up-to-date Facts About The Solar System, Revised For This Edition. publishers Weeklycole And Degen Have Already Escorted Young Readers On Three Enlightening, Boisterous Rides On The Magic School Bus--in Explorations Of The Human Body, Waterworks And The Inside Of The Earth. This Latest Expedition, On Which The Energetic Miss Frizzle Offers A Tour Of The Planets, Should Not Be Missed. When A Closed Planetarium Disappoints Her Students On A Class Trip, The Likable Teacher Saves The Day. She Manages To Launch Her Rickety School Bus Into Space And Steers It Around The Solar System, Visiting The Moon, The Sun, Mercury, Venus And Mars Before An Asteroid Knocks Out One Of The Taillights. When Miss Frizzle Leaves The Bus To Investigate, She Gets Lost In Space, And The Students Visit The Outer Planets Without Her. They Reconnect With Her Eventually, And The Group Ends Up Back In The Classroom, Making A Chart And A Mobile Based On Their Discoveries. Once Again, Author And Illustrator Let Readers Laugh While They Learn In An Animated, Fact-filled Adventure. Ages 6-9. (oct.)