The Magic School Bus Lost in the Snow (Magic School Bus Series) »

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Ms. Frizzle's class is on its way to learn how snow is made. They take a wild ride into the clouds and get to float down on snowflakes. But how will they get back to the Magic School Bus'Climb on the Magic School Bus and learn about snow, ice crystals, and much, much more.

Children's Literature

In this madcap adventure, students learn about the water cycle and the formation of snowflakes. The book follows the usual format—Ms. Frizzle's dress and the items in the classroom are usually an indication of where the kids will be headed. It is not a normal school bus, but one that can morph into just about anything. The kids get to be a part of the snowflake creation process, and readers learn that it takes 100 water droplets to make a snowflake. There is ice skating, traveling on snowshoes and skis, and, of course, a school bus that magically becomes a toboggan. The busy illustrations, which are typical of the series, show the kids in the main story and the magical adventure. Thought bubbles provide the humor, and notebook pages give more facts. A Level 2 book in the "Scholastic Reader" series, this book is designed with vocabulary and sentence length for beginning readers.