Space Explorers

by Eva Moore

Book Overview

The Magic School Bus blasts off on a tour of the Milky Way planets, and the kids discover how the other planets are different from Earth. Not only do they all have different temperatures, but each planet has a different atmosphere as well. Ms. Frizzle's class finds out how far away the planets are, and how long it would really take to get there if they didn't have a Magic School Bus.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0439114934
• ISBN13: 9780439114936
• Release Date: October 2000
• Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
• Length: 76 Pages
• Weight: 0.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.3" x 7.3"
• Age Range: 7 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Grades 2 to 5

Customer Reviews

My son the sapce nut

My son is 6 & he reads above grade level. He read this book to me over a week or more reading a chapter or two a day/night. It follows the show of this quite well. He enjoyed it a lot but then he is a space nut. I would say it is a mid to high second grade reading level & it has some topic specific vocabulary that might need to be explained.

Reviewing Space Explorers!

This is a great book for any fans of Ms. Frizzle and the Magic School Bus adventures. I use this book in my summer school class as a whole class reading book to go along with my unit on Space and the Universe.

A Synopsis For My Classroom Library

I had to review at least two books for reluctant readers for a Graduate class that I am taking and I would like to share my synopsis of this particular book. (I had to come up with a classroom library of at least 50 books from a variety of genres and award winners.)This book is #4 in the series of The Magic School Bus; A Science Chapter Book. It includes black and white illustrations, some informational excerpts, and some written work by the kids in Ms. Frizzle's class. There is a lot to be learned in this story about their adventure through space. It can be enhanced by viewing the video The Magic School Bus Gets Lost in Space and/or by reading The Magic School Bus Hello Out There: A Sticker Book About the Solar System or The Magic School Bus Fact Finder: Space and the Planets. Children can even get on-line at and view the web site, www.scholastic.com/magicschoolbus for a "space tour". The book would be a good book for reluctant readers because it is easy to read with large print and easy vocabulary. It is also a fun story about an interesting topic. (The book itself lists a reading level of 3; ages 6-9.)