The Magic School Bus Gets Baked in a Cake: A Book About Kitchen Chemistry by Joanna Cole

The Magic School Bus Gets Baked in a Cake: A Book About Kitchen Chemistry Reviews

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  Julia Jasztal

  Mommy's review from 09/04/11 -
  
  
  We've read a handful of Magic School Bus books and so far we've liked them all. I like the fact that they're more substantial than a lot of other books for kids Julia's age.
  The little balloon blurbs from the kids make for somewhat difficult reading at times because I have to point so Julia knows who is saying what. But that's a small price to pay for Julia liking a book so much.
  This story is about the kids and Ms. Frizzle learning chemistry. During the course of this learning they learn some similarities between chemistry and baking.
  I like how unique these books (and the cartoons) are - I know of no other book like them. I haven't found one that Julia hasn't at the very least, very much liked, so they're winners in my book.
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  Heather

  My generic review of the Magic School Bus books -
  
  We really love the series. This book doesn't have all the cartoony dialouge asides that the earlier books have. There are maybe a comment or two per page instead of full conversations. Some people hate that; I think I prefer it. The page is less busy.
  
  These books clearly explain a certain topic. There are often additional activities at the end of the book for further learning.
  
  We read these for 'fun' during picture book time and we read them when learning about a certain subject.
  
  Most of the books have movies which correspond. We've enjoyed those as well.
  
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  Karin

  Another fun book from the school library. It was great to see the kids take the lead in this one. I still miss the old books with all the little info boxes that let you dig deeper into a subject, but this is a good one.
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  Stasia

  I think I owned about all the Magic School Bus books and carted them all over creation in a book bag with me when I was younger. This was one of my favorites!! #90skid
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  K Morlando

  We love the Magic School Bus series. These books are so informative and visually appealing for readers of all ages.
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  Pickle

  the amount of cross contamination here
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  Joshua Ezell

  It's Ms. Frizzle's birthday but, her students forgot to bake the cake. A field trip to a bakery seems like the perfect solution. When they get there they realize they don't have any of her favorite cake, chocolate. The kids accidentally get shrunk, make cake batter, and learn about chemistry in the process. Then the baker ends up baking the bus inside the cake.
  
  
  The plot is very organized and is a simple way of teaching science to an younger audience. The book uses visual presentation and words to get the reader engaged in the learning experience. I see a lot of play on words that makes the subject of science more fun.I would use this to teach the strategy of using words to engage your reader in the subject.
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  Dolly

  This is a good book in the
  Magic School Bus TV tie-in series. The kids want to surprise Ms. Frizzle for her birthday, but almost forgot the cake. They end up taking a field trip (of course) to a bakery to learn about chemistry and cooking. This is an interesting way to introduce chemistry and to show how to follow a recipe in cooking and baking. It's a fun story to read aloud and our girls have borrowed this one from the library a couple of times.
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  Randie D. Camp, M.S.

  My son chose this book for his bedtime story tonight. He loves this series and science, so the lengthy text wasn't an issue for him but might for other children. The highlight for my son was the reaction of mixing the baking soda and vinegar, we will be doing our own experiment with those materials very soon.
  
  The illustrations are humorous, full of action, and the speech bubbles add another level of interest and fun.
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  Little Miss and the Legomeister

  I love the Magic School Bus books. I've read quite a few over the years. Legomeister loved them a couple of years ago. He still checks them out sometimes, but he doesn't ask me to read them to him anymore. Now it's Little Miss who requests them.
  
  This one is a bit inane.
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  Sarah

  Malcolm says, "I liked that they got baked in the cake, and I LOVE chocolate. And I like that Ms. Frizzle had a chemistry set dress on, and not a birthday dress on. And I like that Dorothy Ann put a balloon on a container. That was weird too."
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  Joy

  My husband found this at a Half Price Books for my six year old who enjoys the Magic School Bus TV series. The book follows the episode very closely.
  
  It's Ms. Frizzle's birthday and the class has forgotten to buy a cake. They hatch a plan to make a cake for her on a class trip to the bakery.
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  Rivkah

  I loved reading this book to the kids I nanny for. They had no idea chemistry could be so tastey!
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  Peter

  Classic Magic School Bus, this time they visit a kitchen.
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  Lauren

  Loved watching this TV show as a kid. I feel like I learned so much from the books and the show!
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  Sarra Anderson

  Like this for the world of possibilities I can use it for with my before and after school age children.
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  Avel Rudenko

  Funny, silly little read.
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  Ashlee

  Nonfiction book with information revealed through text, dialogue, and various other ways. A fun way of learning.
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  Tracey

  This one was not as engaging for me as the others, however, I will still use it in class.
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  Cassie

  It's Ms. Frizzle's birthday! The class decides to make Ms. Frizzle a chocolate cake. Really great science lesson about how chemistry is found everywhere.
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  Savanna Kandiko

  A great story of students who get baked into a cake trying to make teacher a birthday cake. Definitely an attention grabber for young students.
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  Deanna Sutter

  This one was just okay. Jared really likes these books though....
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  Miriam

  Holy cow! A talking muffin!
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  Nivetha

  GOOD