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The way her character is drawn reminds me somewhat of a younger Mrs. But Miss Frizzle remains sunny and unperturbed no matter how dire the situation seems to the students, and that inspires confidence. Either the bus has a mind of its own, or there’s some external factor that creates momentary panic. Miss Frizzle and her students-Carlos (Daniel DeSanto), Keesha (Erica Luttrell), Phoebe (Maia Filar), Dorothy (Tara Meyer), Wanda (Lisa Yamanaka), Ralphie (Stuart Stone), and Tim (Max Beckford/Andre Ottley-Lorant)-set off on an adventure, and then something typically goes wrong. The books hint that Miss Frizzle teaches third grade, but while I don’t recall her class ever being identified on the TV series, the students appear to be either fourth or fifth graders, despite the show being pitched younger-second or third grade- as is often the case with TV programming. At her direction the anthropomorphic yellow bus would transform into a spaceship or submarine or miniaturized transport, whatever was needed to put them in the thick of things. That’s where the Magic School Bus came in. Rather than rely on lectures or read-and-discuss methods, she believed in hands-on learning-even if the subject was dinosaurs or the solar system. She was a glass half-full, can-do adventurer who saw teaching moments in every moment.

Miss Frizzle (Tomlin) was the kind of teacher everyone wished they had. All 52 episodes are contained in this set of eight single-sided DVDs, housed in individual slim clear plastic keep cases and tucked inside a sturdy cardboard slipcase. Not surprisingly, the series had a long run, earning nine Daytime Emmy nominations and winning in 1995 for Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program (Lily Tomlin, as Miss Frizzle). When, in 1994, the animated series debuted, it became one of the top-rated PBS shows for schoolchildren.

Scholastic published the initial Magic School Bus book in 1986, followed by 11 others in the series, plus another 20 chapter books, more than 30 Level 2 Readers, and more than 30 Science Readers. But the Saturday morning cartoon version of The Magic School Bus books managed to capture not only the spirit of the books, but the characters and details that made them the fun mixture of science lessons and fiction that hooked readers in the first place.

The magic school bus solar system full episode