Fancy Nancy: Tea for Two

Fancy Nancy: Tea for Two based on Fancy Nancy by Jane O'Connor, illustrated by Robin Preiss Glasser and Carolyn Bracken

Nancy's friend invites her and her doll over for a tea party. Nancy wants her doll to poor also and in the fight the teapot breaks. They get mad at each other and go home. Nancy learns that she should apologize even though it was an accident. She does, the friends cry and all is well again. It is a good message for little kids of taking responsibility and caring. The book has a number of "big words" that are explained which seems to be part of the character's style. The illustrations seem quite busy.

The Magic School Bus Makes A Rainbow

The Magic School Bus Makes A Rainbow: A Book About Color by George Bloom (Adapter), Jocelyn Stevenson (Adapter), Carolyn Bracken (Illustrator)

They have a new pinball machine in the classroom. It is a special "light" pinball machine. They try to shoot light through a prism and get it to refract into various eyes matching certain colors. They go in the schoolbus and use different objects and mirrors to reflect the light into the eyes. One kid stays behind and works to distract the principal who came to visit. He does it just long enough for the kids to win and get out. By winning, Ms. Frizzle gets to keep the pinball machine. Otherwise, we learn the principal would have had it. The explores how colors work, but feels less in depth than other books in the series.

The Magic School Bus and the Butterfly Bunch

The Magic School Bus and the Butterfly Bunch by Kristin Earhart (Author), Carolyn Bracken (Illustrator)

The "clone" Magic School Bus books are not as good. They become butterflies and explore parts of being butterflies. It is good that it is shorter, because it is not very engaging.