The Magic School Bus Comes to Its Senses

Title: The Magic School Bus Comes to Its Senses
Author: Kristin Earhart
Illustrator: Carolyn Bracken
Genre: Fiction
Sub genre: Picture Book
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Date of Publication: 2009
Theme: Learning about the five senses
Primary/ Secondary Characters: Ms. Frizzle/ Arnold, Ralphie, Keesha, Phoebe, Carlos, Tim, Wanda, and Dorothy Ann
Summary: Ms. Frizzles Class is learning all about the senses so she takes the kids on a field trip to learn more. The class goes to the apple orchard where a family is having a picnic and then the bus shrinks. The students then learn about the five senses; hearing, seeing, feeling, tasting, and smelling, as the travel through the body. When they are all done they get back on the bus and head back to the school for a picnic.
Summary of how to use with students: This book could be used with students as a way for them to learn all about the senses. As Ms. Frizzle and the kids travel through the body looking at the senses students can learn about the senses. The students can also test their knowledge on the senses when Ms. Frizzle ask questions throughout the book.