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Title
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The Magic School Bus Ups and Downs |
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Author
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Joanna Cole |
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Illustrator
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Bruce Degen |
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Scholastic, Inc. |
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Date
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1997 |
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ISBN
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0-590-92158-4 |
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| The kids spend a Saturday searching for the monster that is reported to live in Walker Lake. Ms. Frizzle arrives to facilitate their search, which leads to their growing understanding of floating and sinking while they discover the truth about the monster. | |
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| The main concepts conveyed here are: some objects float while others sink; weight is important and so is the amount of space the weight occupies. Also, from a social viewpoint, one must learn not to always take someone else’s word to be truthful; and that sometimes adults don’t behave the way that they should. | |
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