Magic School Bus Gets Ants in Its Pants: A Book about Ants

by Joanna Cole and Linda Ward Beech

Book Overview

This is a unique series about animal behavior for the very young. Through amazing photographs taken by some of the world's leading photographers, children will learn about the bonds of love that exist... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 059040024X
• ISBN13: 9780590400244
• Release Date: February 1996
• Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 8.1" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

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MY daughter loves bugs and this is a great book to help her learn a little more about them.Shes been collecting bugs since she was 4 years old she's now 8.

Fun Story but Short on Facts

I would give this a three, only my son loves this book because he loves anything about ants. We read Ms Cole`s MAGIC SCHOOL BUS VISITS A BEEHIVE back to back with this. The comparison is too great. It would be terrific to see a layout of the ant colony`s system of tunnels and chambers. Also, no mention is made of the drones: in the story Phoebe says "Without the queen, there wouldn`t be eggs," but without drones, there wouldn`t be eggs, either. I don`t know if they showed them in the television show, but there were no pictures of the pupae, nor the interesting fact that the ants stroke them and receive a tasty secretion in return. The book was interesting, but short on information; more so than some of the others adapted from the TV series. If your child wants to find out about ants there are better books out there.

good teaching resource

In this book a class ventures into the busy world of an ant farm. They learn all about the different roles of the different types of ants in each colony. The story is interesting to children and a lot of information about ant communities is presented.

In my pants 200

This is a great book for kids to learn a great deal about life. Every parent should buy this for his or her child. Well worth the asking price.