Get a free copy of "The Magic School Bus Gets Cleaned Up" for your child

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Clean School Bus USA program has partnered with Scholastic to write, illustrate, and publish a new book in the popular "Magic School Bus" children’s series. In this series of books and videos for children from kindergarten through fourth grade, a teacher named Ms. Frizzle takes her class on several science-oriented field trips, riding in their magical school bus.

This is a fun way for children to learn as they, and Ms. Frizzle, explore the pollution emitted from their own diesel school bus and figure out how to reduce the emissions as they find themselves traveling through a diesel engine.

From idle reduction to ways the community can help reduce the health risks from diesel exhaust, the kids learn to the end of the book when the "Magic School Bus" gets its own pollution control device, a diesel particulate-matter filter.

Real Magic School Bus Gets a Retrofit

Based on the magical yellow school bus of the "Magic School Bus" children's series, Scholastic operates a real traveling science laboratory housed in a yellow school bus. The bus tours the United States, offering hands-on science lessons to children at schools, fairs, and other community events.

Similar to the storyline in “The Magic School Bus Gets Cleaned Up,” this traveling bus was retrofitted with a diesel particulate filter. With the filter on the engine exhaust system, particulate matter will be reduced by up to 90%.

Clean School Bus New Publication

The Magic School Bus Gets Cleaned Up book. (EPA420-K-07-001, September 2007)

These books are free and can be ordered from the National Service Center for Environmental Publications, EPA’s publication warehouse. They may not be sold.

Ordering information:
The item number is EPA420-K-07-001, which is needed for ordering.
Call 1-800-490-9198
Quantities must be limited due to the popularity of the book.
Individuals, schools and libraries may order one copy each.
Non-profit organizations working on diesel emissions issues and outreach may order up to 500. Other organizations, including for-profit companies, may order up to 100. Larger requests will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

Non-profit organizations, and State and local governments working on diesel environmental education issues may order up to 100 copies.