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Magic School Bus Books in Order

Magic School Bus contains 79 books, published between 1949 and 2021. The first book is The Magic School Bus to the Rescue Forest Fire (1949) and the newest is The Magic School Bus Explores Human Evolution (2021). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
79
Published
1949–2021
Confirmed
3 of 79 titles
Pages on record
1,417 in 39 of 79 books
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The Magic School Bus is a children's series, and school field trips, science and Ms. Frizzle appear in the subject tags. The run contains 79 books, and Joanna Cole is credited on 31 of them, one shared with Nancy Krulik. Tracey West, Kristin Earhart, Anne Capeci and Nancy Krulik are among the other credited names. The Magic School Bus at the Waterworks (1986) and The Magic School Bus Inside the Earth (1987) are early titles, and later ones include The Magic School Bus Lost in the Solar System (1990) and The Magic School Bus Inside a Hurricane (1995). The newest is The Magic School Bus Explores Human Evolution (2021). Ecology also appears in the subjects.

How many Magic School Bus books are there?

Magic School Bus has 79 books, released between 1949 and 2021.

Magic School Bus Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 79 Magic School Bus books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of The Magic School Bus to the Rescue Forest Fire by Anne Capeci, book 1 of the Magic School Bus series (1949)
  2. Cover of The Magic School Bus at the Waterworks by Joanna Cole, book 2 of the Magic School Bus series (1986)
  3. Cover of The Magic School Bus Inside the Earth by Joanna Cole, book 3 of the Magic School Bus series (1987)
  4. Cover of The Magic School Bus Spins A Web, book 4 of the Magic School Bus series (1988)
  5. Cover of The Magic School Bus Gets Cold Feet by Tracey West, book 5 of the Magic School Bus series (1988)
  6. Cover of The Magic School Bus Inside the Human Body by Joanna Cole, book 6 of the Magic School Bus series (1989)
  7. Cover of The Magic School Bus Lost in the Solar System by Joanna Cole, book 7 of the Magic School Bus series (1990)
  8. Cover of The Magic School Bus on the Ocean Floor by Joanna Cole, book 8 of the Magic School Bus series (1992)
  9. Cover of The Magic School Bus in the Time of the Dinosaurs by Joanna Cole, book 9 of the Magic School Bus series (1994)
  10. Cover of The Magic School Bus Inside a Hurricane by Joanna Cole, book 10 of the Magic School Bus series (1995)
  11. Cover of The Magic School Bus Plants Seeds, book 11 of the Magic School Bus series (1995)
  12. Cover of The Magic School Bus Hello Out There by Nancy Krulik, book 12 of the Magic School Bus series (1995)
  13. Cover of The Magic School Bus Gets Baked in a Cake by Joanna Cole, book 14 of the Magic School Bus series (1995)
  14. Cover of The Magic School Bus Kicks Up a Storm, book 15 of the Magic School Bus series (1995)
  15. Cover of The Magic School Bus Inside Ralphie, book 16 of the Magic School Bus series (1995)
  16. Cover of The Magic School Bus Butterfly and the Bog Beast by Nancy Krulik, book 17 of the Magic School Bus series (1996)
  17. Cover of The Magic School Bus Blows Its Top, book 18 of the Magic School Bus series (1996)
  18. Cover of The Magic School Bus Gets All Dried Up by Joanna Cole, book 19 of the Magic School Bus series (1996)
  19. Cover of The Magic School Bus Hops Home by Joanna Cole, book 20 of the Magic School Bus series (1996)
  20. Cover of The Magic School Bus Inside a Beehive by Joanna Cole, book 21 of the Magic School Bus series (1996)
  21. Cover of The Magic School Bus Wet All Over by Pat Relf, book 22 of the Magic School Bus series (1996)
  22. Cover of The Magic School Bus Going Batty by Nancy Krulik, book 24 of the Magic School Bus series (1996)
  23. Cover of The Magic School Bus Shows And Tells, book 26 of the Magic School Bus series (1997)
  24. Cover of The Magic School Bus and the Electric Field Trip by Joanna Cole, book 27 of the Magic School Bus series (1997)
  1. 1
    The Magic School Bus to the Rescue Forest Fire1949 · 89 pages · confirmed 2/4
    194989
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  2. 2
    The Magic School Bus at the Waterworks1986 · 44 pages · confirmed 2/4
    198644
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  3. 3
    The Magic School Bus Inside the Earth1987 · 40 pages · confirmed 2/4
    198740
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  4. 4
    The Magic School Bus Spins A Web1988 · 32 pages · confirmed 2/4
    198832
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  5. 5
    The Magic School Bus Gets Cold Feet1988 · 32 pages · confirmed 2/4
    198832
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  6. 6
    The Magic School Bus Inside the Human Body1989 · 40 pages · confirmed 2/4
    198940
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  7. 7
    The Magic School Bus Lost in the Solar System1990 · 40 pages · confirmed 3/4
    199040
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  8. 8
    The Magic School Bus on the Ocean Floor1992 · 32 pages · confirmed 2/4
    199232
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  9. 9
    The Magic School Bus in the Time of the Dinosaurs1994 · 48 pages · confirmed 2/4
    199448
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  10. 10
    The Magic School Bus Inside a Hurricane1995 · confirmed 2/4
    1995–
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  11. 11
    The Magic School Bus Plants Seeds1995 · 32 pages · confirmed 2/4
    199532
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  12. 12
    The Magic School Bus Hello Out There1995 · 16 pages · confirmed 2/4
    199516
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  13. 13
    The Magic School Bus Meets The Rot Squad1995 · confirmed 2/4
    1995–
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  14. 14
    The Magic School Bus Gets Baked in a Cake1995 · confirmed 2/4
    1995–
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  15. 15
    The Magic School Bus Kicks Up a Storm1995 · 32 pages · confirmed 2/4
    199532
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  16. 16
    The Magic School Bus Inside Ralphie1995 · confirmed 3/4
    1995–
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  17. 17
    The Magic School Bus Butterfly and the Bog Beast1996 · confirmed 2/4
    1996–
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  18. 18
    The Magic School Bus Blows Its Top1996 · confirmed 2/4
    1996–
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  19. 19
    The Magic School Bus Gets All Dried Up1996 · confirmed 2/4
    1996–
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  20. 20
    The Magic School Bus Hops Home1996 · 32 pages · confirmed 2/4
    199632
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  21. 21
    The Magic School Bus Inside a Beehive1996 · 48 pages · confirmed 2/4
    199648
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  22. 22
    The Magic School Bus Wet All Over1996 · confirmed 2/4
    1996–
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  23. 23
    The Magic School Bus Out Of This World1996 · confirmed 2/4
    1996–
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  24. 24
    The Magic School Bus Going Batty1996 · confirmed 2/4
    1996–
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  25. 25
    The Magic School Bus Goes Upstream1997 · confirmed 2/4
    1997–
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  26. 26
    The Magic School Bus Shows And Tells1997 · 32 pages · confirmed 2/4
    199732
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  27. 27
    The Magic School Bus and the Electric Field Trip1997 · confirmed 2/4
    1997–
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  28. 28
    The Magic School Bus Ups and Downs1997 · confirmed 3/4
    1997–
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  29. 29
    The Magic School Bus Gets Planted1997 · confirmed 2/4
    1997–
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  30. 30
    The Magic School Bus Makes a Rainbow1997 · confirmed 2/4
    1997–
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Where to start with Magic School Bus

Start with The Magic School Bus to the Rescue Forest Fire (1949), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Magic School Bus book?

The Magic School Bus Explores Human Evolution (2021) is the newest Magic School Bus book released so far.

Is there a new Magic School Bus book coming?

No next Magic School Bus book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Magic School Bus at a glance

Paused
No new Magic School Bus title has appeared for 5 years. The last was published in 2021.
Release pace
Magic School Bus books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
1,417 pages across the 39 of 79 books with a recorded length, a median of 32 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Magic School Bus books, 41 of 79, were published in the 1990s.
Attribution
Of the 79 titles, 31 are credited to Joanna Cole, 7 to Tracey West, 7 to Kristin Earhart and 6 to Anne Capeci. A further 10 writers are credited. 12 titles carry no credit.

What the Magic School Bus books are about

68 of the 79 Magic School Bus books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: juvenile literature is tagged on 47 of 68. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

  • Juvenile literature 47 of 68 books
  • Children's fiction 23 of 68 books
  • School field trips 8 of 68 books
  • Ms. Frizzle (Fictitious character) 7 of 68 books
  • Littérature de jeunesse anglaise 6 of 68 books
  • Picture books 6 of 68 books
  • Ecology 5 of 68 books
  • Ouvrages illustrés 5 of 68 books
  • Ouvrages pour la jeunesse 5 of 68 books
  • Science 5 of 68 books
  • Astronomy 4 of 68 books