Mo fa xiao che Books in Order
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The Mo fa xiao che (Magic School Bus) series is a collection of educational children's books that follow Ms. Frizzle and her students as they embark on imaginative field trips to explore scientific topics. Each book uses the magical transformation of the school bus to take the class into different environments, such as the human body, the Earth, space, and a beehive, to teach lessons about science and nature. The series emphasizes learning through adventure, with a focus on understanding natural phenomena and the world around them.
Books in this series
Ordered by first publication where known. The official numbering for this series is incomplete in our sources, so we don't show series numbers we can't verify.
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Buy on Amazon1986 · Joanna Cole
Facts, fun, and wacky humor abound when Senorita Carola takes her students on a field trip to the waterworks, in this Spanish-language edition of The…
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1987 · Joanna Cole
Re-released for the series' 20th anniversary with updated scientific information, this Magic School Bus title has the class forgetting its homework…
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The Magic School Bus Inside the Human Body
1989 · Joanna Cole
While studying how the body converts food into energy, Ms. Frizzle's class heads to a museum exhibit on the human body. A mishap during a lunch stop…
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The Magic School Bus on the Ocean Floor
1992 · Joanna Cole
Ms. Frizzle's class expects an ordinary field trip to the ocean, but the Friz drives the bus onto the beach, across the sand, and straight into the…
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The Magic School Bus Lost in the Solar System
1994 · Mary Pope Osborne
Ms. Frizzle takes her class to the planetarium, but the magic bus has other plans. Instead of visiting the planetarium, the bus travels into space to…
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Buy on Amazon1995 · Joanna Cole
Readers use stickers to decorate the Magic School Bus, get into space gear, and learn about the planets on Ms. Frizzle's wild class ride through the…
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Buy on AmazonThe Magic School Bus In The Haunted Museum
1995 · Linda Ward Beech
On the way to a concert at the Sound Museum, the Magic School Bus breaks down in front of an old haunted house. Ms. Frizzle and her class hear…
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Buy on AmazonThe Magic School Bus Meets The Rot Squad
1995 · Linda Beech
Part of a simplified series based on the PBS television show, this book follows Ms. Frizzle and her students on one of their numerous scientific…
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Buy on Amazon1996 · Nancy E. Krulik
When Phoebe proposes naming her soccer team the Walkersville Elementary Butterflies, her classmates dismiss the name as boring and wimpy. Ms. Frizzle…
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Buy on Amazon1996 · Joanna Cole
While building a diorama of the desert for class, Phoebe grows worried about how desert animals survive such a harsh environment without water in the…
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Buy on AmazonThe Magic School Bus Going Batty
1996 · Nancy E. Krulik
When the Magic School Bus transforms into a bat, the students embark on a journey to learn about the unique characteristics and behaviors of bats.…
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The Magic School Bus Inside a Beehive
1996 · Joanna Cole
Bees are the latest topic in Ms. Frizzle's class. During a trip to visit a beekeeper at his hive, the bus vibrates, shrinks, and its passengers find…
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Buy on AmazonThe Magic School Bus Wet All Over
1996 · Patricia Relf
When Wanda suggests a trip to a water theme park called Waterland, Ms. Frizzle instead takes her class on a wet and wild ride through the water…
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The Magic School Bus and the Electric Field Trip
1997 · Joanna Cole
Reissued as part of a twentieth-anniversary paperback series, this book shrinks Ms. Frizzle's class small enough to travel through power lines, where…
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Buy on AmazonThe Magic School Bus in the Arctic
1997 · Anne Schreiber
The Magic School Bus travels into the Arctic to explore why people, animals, and objects lose heat and the different ways they preserve it, from…
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Buy on Amazon1998 · Rebecca Carmi
Ms. Frizzle's class travels to Australia in search of the cackling kookaburra, narrated by student Dorothy Ann. The trip includes racing a herd of…
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The Magic School Bus explores the senses
1999 · Joanna Cole
Part of a paperback reissue of the original ten Magic School Bus titles, this book follows Ms. Frizzle's class through a trip inside an eye, an ear,…
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Buy on AmazonThe Magic School Bus Gets Programmed
1999 · Mary Pope Osborne
After school principal Mr. Ruhle acquires a powerful new computer, Carlos's brother Mikey programs it to handle all of the class's chores. But the…
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Buy on Amazon2000 · Eva Moore
The Magic School Bus takes Ms. Frizzle and her class on a trip around the United States looking for bats. During the trip the class learns many…
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Buy on AmazonThe Magic School Bus Chapter Book #02
2000 · Eva Moore
Ms. Frizzle and her class visit the Hugh Mann Costume Company to locate missing bones needed for their skeleton costumes. The class embarks on a…
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Buy on Amazon2000 · Eva Moore
A fictional story in which a science class studies whales alongside their teacher, Ms. Frizzle, and goes on a whale watch as part of their studies.
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Buy on Amazon2000 · Jennifer Johnston
On a field trip to an aquarium led by Miss Frizzle, a student named Arnold confronts his fear of sea animals. Over the course of the trip he…
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Buy on Amazon2001 · Rebecca Carmi
Mrs. Frizzle's class faces off against Mr. Order's class in a science contest centered on the topic of magnetism, as the two classes compete to…
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Buy on Amazon2002 · Judith Bauer Stamper
Miss Frizzle's class travels to the Rocky Mountains to study blizzards and avalanches, as well as the role of the ski patrol in assisting individuals…
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Buy on Amazon2003 · Anne Capeci
Arnold, a student of Ms. Frizzle, joins one of her field trips and discovers that studying food chains is far more engaging than he initially…
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Buy on Amazon2004 · Martin Schwabacher
The class climbs on the Magic School Bus with Ms. Frizzle to learn about the Great Barrier Reef after their coral reef project falls into the…
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Buy on AmazonThe Magic School Bus and the climate challenge
Year unknown · Joanna Cole
Part of the bestselling Magic School Bus science series, this book has Ms. Frizzle explain the facts of global warming to her class. Written by…
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Buy on AmazonThe Magic School Bus taking flight
Year unknown · Gail Herman
Ms. Frizzle and her class are shrunk inside a model airplane built by students Wanda and Tim, and through a series of adventures they discover how…
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Frequently asked questions
What order should I read the Mo fa xiao che books in?
Read them in publication order — the list above is sorted by first publication where known, starting with “At the Waterworks”.
How many books are in the Mo fa xiao che series?
We list 34 books by Joanna Cole , published between 1986–2004.
Where can I buy the Mo fa xiao che books?
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