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The Magic School Bus Lost in the Solar System

The Magic School Bus Lost in the Solar System
Author Joanna Cole
Illustrator Bruce Degan
Country United States
Language English
Series The Magic School Bus
Genre Educational fiction
Publisher Scholastic Corporation
Publication date
October 18, 1990
Media type Print (Hardback & Paperback) also Audio book
Pages 40
ISBN
OCLC 33844928
Preceded by The Magic School Bus inside the Human Body
Followed by The Magic School Bus on the Ocean Floor
"The Magic School Bus Gets Lost In Space"
The Magic School Bus episode
Episode no. Season 1
Episode 1
Directed by Lawrence Jacobs
Written by Brian Muehl
Jocelyn Stevenson
Produced by Hasmi Giakoumis
Featured music Peter Lurye
Production code Unknown
Original air date September 10, 1994
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The Magic School Bus Explores the Solar System
Developer(s) Microsoft
Publisher(s) Microsoft Home
Distributor(s) Microsoft Kids
Writer(s) Joanna Cole
Series The Magic School Bus
Platform(s) PC (Windows, Macintosh)
Release September 22, 1994
Genre(s) Educational
Mode(s) Single player

The Magic School Bus Lost in the Solar System is the fourth book in Joanna Cole and Bruce Degan's The Magic School Bus series. The book depicts arguably the most well-known adventure of the series and introduces the character of Janet.

Ms. Frizzle's class is learning about the solar system and Arnold's unpleasant cousin Janet, who constantly raves about herself, has joined them. The Friz decides to take the kids on a field trip to the planetarium, but, once they get there, they find the planetarium is closed. However, on the way back to school, Ms. Frizzle pushes a button that makes the bus transform into a rocket and blast off into outer space.

Once in outer space, the bus flies to the Moon, where the kids make the most of the lesser gravity. Ms. Frizzle then takes them to the Sun and then Mercury, Venus and Mars before flying into the asteroid belt. However, while in the belt, the bus is damaged by an asteroid and the Friz flies out to fix the damage with a tether line connecting her to the bus. However, the bus's autopilot malfunctions, causing the bus to fly off, breaking Ms. Frizzle's tether line and leaving her stranded in the asteroid belt.

Janet looks through the Friz's things and finds Ms. Frizzle's lesson book, which documents the information she is supposed to tell the kids during the field trip (complete with "Arnold, are you listening?" written into it.) Janet reads through the book as they pass the outer planets and until they pass Pluto, leaving the solar system. Janet then flips through the book and finds the instructions for the autopilot, so they can fly back to the asteroid belt and rescue Ms. Frizzle.

After they rescue the Friz, they return to Earth. The children tell various adults about their trips, but unfortunately they don't believe them, thinking that instead it was all their imagination - perhaps some kind of game they played with their friends.


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