New Releases by Joanna Cole

It''s beach day, and the whole class is excited. Everyone except Arnold and Keesha, that is. They forgot their report on two beach things that go together. All Arnold and Keesha have is a tunafish sandwich and some smelly green pond scum. What could those two things possibly have in common? "The best way to learn about something is to jump right in," Ms. Frizzle announces. A second later the bus dives right into the ocean! Come on an underwater adventure and learn about food chains.

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

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 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.

Stories, poems, pictures and rebuses for the beginning reader.

Mama Sue, Papa Joe, and the kids prepare a fiery pot of stew for visiting Aunt Tootie. Includes a section of jokes, kitchen safety tips, and recipes.

Level 2. This introduction to the arachnid world explains how a hungry garden spider obtains food by building a web and patiently waiting to catch something tasty.

Oh, no! Wanda''s best friend, Bella the bullfrog, is missing. The class wants to help look for her. Ms. Frizzle says, "The best way to find a frog is to be a frog!" So, the kids take a ride on the Magic School Bus. Join them as they shrink to frog size and learn all about animal habitats!

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.

Magic School Bus Series.

This book tells about kitchen chemistry.

Ms. Frizzle''s class is growing a beautiful garden. But, Phoebe''s plot is empty. Her flowers are back at her old school! So, the class climbs aboard the Magic School Bus. And, of course, the kids don''t only go back to Phoebe''s school, but they go inside one of Phoebe''s flowers! Follow the kids'' adventure and learn how living things grow.

One twist of the dial and the Magic School Bus transforms into a time machine that travels back to the prehistoric age, making pit stops in the Mesozoic Era and meeting dinosaurs along the way. "It''s fun and fine science".--The New York Times Book Review. Full color. Includes perforated bookmark which teases to The Magic School Bus: Inside a Hurricane, coming in Fall 1995.

When Allie the alligator learns that she will be going to camp without her best friend Amy, the two girls try to get a whole summer''s worth of activities into just a few days.

It is natural for young children to be curious about where they come from. Using vivid full-color photographs and a clear, straightforward text, this comprehensive book answers the questions they have about how an egg cell grows to become a baby, how a baby lives inside its mother''s uterus, and how a baby is born.

Level Four How can your tongue tell a sweet taste from a sour one? How do your ears know which way a sound is coming from? Find out in this sense-sational nonfiction book!

With the help of her family, Fiona, who has trouble remembering even the simplest, everyday things, remembers to go to exercise class with her best friend.

A collection of nursery rhymes and action rhymes, in such categories as finger and hand rhymes, tickling rhymes, and knee-and-foot-riding rhymes.

On another special field trip on the magic school bus, Ms. Frizzle''s class learns about the ocean and the different creatures that live there.

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.

Steffie and Ben learn how to use the potty as they make the transition from diapers to underpants.

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

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.

Uses a question-and-answer format to present sex information for preteens.

On a special field trip in the magic school bus, Ms Frizzle''s class learn at first hand about different kinds of rocks and the formation of the earth.

Maggie meets a kindly boastful elf who never quite fulfills the wish he means to grant.

Distressed over their daughter''s lack of bad manners, Mother and Father Monster insist that she misbehave.