New Releases by Joanna Cole

Ms. Frizzle takes her class on a fieldtrip to a beehive in her magic school bus.

Ms. Frizzle's class decides to make a movie about ants for the school science fair. They follow an ant all the way into an anthill, and discover that it's crawling with activity. Join Ms. Frizzle and the Magic School Bus gang as they learn how ants work together.

Ms. Frizzle and her class get eaten by Arnold and begin their fantastic trip through the human body. They fall into the stomach, into the bloodstream, through the heart, into muscles and finally out of Arnold's nose! While they travel through they learn about the body as you students will too.

Ms. Frizzle''s class is building a wonderful diorama of the desert, but learning about such a harsh environment has gotten Phoebe worried. What happens to all the animals in the desert without any water to sustain them in the scorching heat? Ties in with the PBS-TV series beginning in October 1995. Full color.

Everybody agrees that mold is just disgusting, until the class goes on a field trip inside a rotting log. They discover that all the dead-looking stuff is actually alive...and it''s pretty neat after all. Join the class on their "rotten" adventure, and learn about how nature recycles through decomposition.

This book tells about kitchen chemistry.

Knowing that his talkative wife will reveal to the world that he has found a fortune buried on their farm, John arranges an elaborate scheme to insure that she will not be believed.

For use in schools and libraries only. When the school bus, Ms. Frizzle, and the entire class magically shrink and accidentally enter Arnold''s mouth, the ensuing anatomical adventure proves educational as well as exciting.

For use in schools and libraries only. When Ms. Frizzle, the strangest teacher in school, takes her class on a field trip to the waterworks, everyone ends up experiencing the water purification system from the inside.

Arlo and Robby devise a plan for dealing with a neighborhood bully.

Describes, using evidence found in fossil layers, how one-cell organisms evolved into complex plants and animals.

Illus. in full color. "Best friends Robby and Arlo dress alike and do most of the same things. However, their friendship is in jeopardy over a bet about who will lose the next tooth. Realistic, humorous illustrations provide ample reading clues on every page. Should encourage emerging readers to flex their reading muscles."--School Library Journal.

Illus. in full color. "Kangaroo child Norma Jean loves to jump. The problem is that her jumping gets out of hand, causing accidents and some ruffled feelings among her friends, and Norma stops her jumping entirely. But when the school's field-day games come up, Norma Jean is coaxed back into action long enough to win ribbons. Light, popular fare for beginning readers."--Booklist.

When a terrible witch vows to eat her for supper, a little girl escapes with the help of a mirror and comb given to her by the witch''s cat and dog.

A wacky family thinks that they have become very sick when they look in the mirror and see green spots.