Gets Eaten: A Book About Food Chains (The Magic School Bus) by Joanna Cole


Gets Eaten: A Book About Food Chains (The Magic School Bus)
Title : Gets Eaten: A Book About Food Chains (The Magic School Bus)
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ISBN : 0590484141
ISBN-10 : 9780590484145
Language : English
Format Type : Paperback
Number of Pages : 32
Publication : First published January 1, 1996

A class trip to the beach becomes an underwater lesson about food chains when Arnold and Keesha are challenged to discover what a tuna fish sandwich and some smelly green pond scum have in common.


Gets Eaten: A Book About Food Chains (The Magic School Bus) Reviews


  • Aneesa

    So I guess they wrote a book series, made a TV show based on it, wrote new books based on the episodes, recreated the TV show with a hair straightener, added some 45-minute "movies." And we are consuming them all.

  • K Morlando

    We love the magic school bus series of books, they are very educational!

  • 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.

  • Kendra Wheeler

    The Magic School Bus Gets Eaten by Pat Relf and Patricia Relf, is about Ms. Frizzle’s class taking a field trip to the ocean. This book teaches students about the food chain.

    The illustrations in this book are fun and colorful. The content in this book is very detailed but it is still easy enough for kids to be able to read and understand the material.

    This book would be great to inspire a lesson where the students write down what have they had for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. The students will then break down what they ate and create a food web from it.

  • Dolly

    This is a book about food chains, primarily ocean food chains. Ms. Frizzle and the kids go on a field trip to the ocean and figure out the connection between green scum and tuna fish. It's funny and enlightening and you just can't beat a field trip with the Friz! Our girls love these
    Magic School Bus TV tie-in stories!

  • 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.

    They learn about food chains in the ocean, from phytoplankton to albacore tuna...

  • Frank

    Totally fascinated Frank.

  • Rachel

    Who eats what?! Great book to teach about food webs and the food cycle.

  • Theresa

    science supplement to add to the classroom library

  • Karley

    A fun book to use when exploring the food chain or marine life. Children love the adventure given throughout the story. I would use this in upper elementary grades.

  • Nicole (Stop Staring At My Books Jr.) Williams

    This book in new paperback cost $7.67, if used paperback it cost $0.01, on Amazon.

  • Kristi

    Gordon: "I liked the part when the Magic School Bus turns into a dolphin. And when they get eaten by the whale."
    7/26/14

  • Malika J.

    Food chains, food webs, oceans
    Grades: 3-5