Voyage to The Volcano (Magic School Bus Chapter Books Series #15) Book

Miss Frizzle is always brings an adventure filled with suspense and laughter. In Voyage to Volcano, Frizzle takes her class to Hawaii to learn and visit an active volcano, Kilauea. Along the way, the different personalities of the students come into play, especially when they go inside the volcano. The class gets stuck in the hardened lava, someone's shoes begin to melt, and the class becomes worried that they will never make it back home. However, with the help of the magic school bus and Miss Frizzle, the bus drills itself out of the volcano and they finally make it home safely. The Magic School Bus series is great when needing to implement science and literacy into one book. Voyage to Volcano has many features that a nonfiction book has and gives readers fun facts about volcanoes and why they occur. Thoughout the book, especially in suspenseful scenes, there are pictures for readers that demonstrate what is happening. For instance, one picture in the book showed how worried Arnold and the rest of the class was when the bus was stuck in the lava and everything was dark. Young readers will want to know what is going to happen next. Although I think there are better and newer books out there, the Magic School Bus series is great for transitional readers who also enjoy science.