Provides a glimpse of the history and culture of Pennsylvania, explains the symbolism of its commemorative quarter, and gives excerpts from well-known writings and a characteristic recipe.
A book on physics enables the magic school bus to take Ms. Fizzle's class to play baseball in a world without friction and to experience the forces needed to get home again.
At first Sammy is unhappy about being given the part of a matzoh in his Hebrew school Passover play, but as he learns more about the role of matzoh, he makes the most of his part.
In two separate stories, George looks forward to Christmas but the class play and a surprise visit with Kevin, his best friend from when he lived in Cherrydale, are both marred by the magic burps.
When the magic wind turns fourth-grader Katie, who dislikes the "mushy gushy stuff" of Valentine's Day, into a candy store owner, she decides to write her own "love messages" on the candy hearts.
No messin' with my lesson: Katie's teacher, Mrs. Derkman, hopes to win the Teacher of the Year contest, but her chances do not look good when Katie turns into her teacher and cannot keep a class full of out-of-control third-graders in line.
When best friends Jenny and Addie start sixth grade, Jenny quickly discovers that Addie is interested in joining the Pops, the coolest seventh grade clique in school.
Ms. Frizzle shrinks her students and takes them on a tour of a rotten tomato and a hamster's water dish in an attempt to prove to Keesha that microbes are responsible for turning a prize cucumber into a pickle.
