![]() ![]() Cole and Degen continue to hone their unique mix of humor, fact and sound teaching techniques. Elementary readers will giggle at the side-story of Lenny, a lifeguard suffering delusions of heroism. Weighty information is buoyantly supported by energetic, cartoony illustrations with bubbles of comical true-to-life kid-talk. Frizzle's students (and Cole's readers) experience the wet wonders of potentially dry textbook subjects: where sand comes from, why oceans are salty, how fish breathe, the "not-fish" sea animals, underwater food chains, life in hot water vents and coral reefs. ![]() During this fanciful yet scientifically accurate romp, the bus appropriately metamorphoses into a submarine, a submersible, a glass-bottom boat, and-in a final flourish-a titanic surfboard. Expecting a normal, end-of-the-year beach day, the class is shocked when "the Friz" drives the school bus through the parking lot, over the beach (with a quick lecture on the intertidal zone), and into the ocean depths. Frizzle literally immerses her students in a sea of knowledge. ![]()
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