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Magic School Bus Presents: Revving Up and In a Pickle

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This post on The Magic School bus may contain affiliate links. Thanks to Scholastic for providing DVD copies for review purposes. 

Beep Beep! The Magic School Bus is ready to leave on some more great adventures. So hop on the bus and I’ll tell you all about them!

As I have mentioned before in previous Magic School Bus reviews, I was just a little too old to personally enjoy this show as a child, but I loved watching it later on while babysitting, and now I’m thoroughly enjoying it with Darah. I’m (re)learning a lot of great information (especially on STEM-related subjects) and Darah and I are having very animated conversations about what we learn in each episode. You cannot go wrong to get a little Magic School Bus action in your home, for sure!

magic school bus revving up

Scholastic just released two new DVDs. First up is The Magic School Bus: Revving Up. This is a 3 disc set that includes “Under Construction,” “Getting Energized” and “Cracks a Yolk.” Each DVD has 3 episodes, and each also includes a bonus episode, which means the set has over 4 1/2 hours of great educational entertainment! It retails for $24.95 (and is even on sale right now!). To get so many episodes for the price is a great bargain!

magic school bus in a pickle

You can also now pick up The Magic School Bus: In a Pickle. You’ll find 4 episodes about microbes, smell and decomposition. Stinky, but fascinating stuff to young minds, I promise! This DVD retails for $12.95 (and is currently 45% off on Amazon!).

The Magic School Bus has made my list of fantastic gift ideas for kids, and I recommend these and their other already released DVDs for personal and school libraries. They are fantastic!

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The Magic School Bus: The Complete Series GIVEAWAY (ARV $79.95)!!!

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Do you remember The Magic School bus books, which of course launched the wildly popular tv series? Get ready to feel old, because The Magic School Bus is celebrating its 25th anniversary! The books actually first were published by Scholastic in 1986. The tv series premiered in 1994. I remember watching The Magic School bus with kids I would babysit. Even as a teenager, I always learned something when I watched an episode!

If you aren’t familiar with the series, you are in for a treat! It’s all about the world’s coolest teacher, Ms. Freizzle, who takes her students on AMAZING travels all over the world in her magic school bus. Each episode is chock-full of educational content that captivates children, as they are learning in the mist of a major adventure!

Scholastic Video is pleased to announce the release of The Magic School Bus: The Complete Series. This set has every single episode from the series available for your viewing (and learning!) pleasure. You probably already know from experience that this show is awesome, but if you need some convincing, just know that it has won the following awards:

  • Daytime Emmy®
  • Six CINE Golden Eagles
  • National Educational Media Network Gold Apple
  • Parents’ Choice Gold Medal for Excellence in Children’s Programming

The complete series has 8 dvds with 52 episodes, and extensive guides for parents and kids that help enhance the learning experience with more experiments and other ideas you can do together. There are also some fun activity sheets you can download right now! Click here and scroll down to middle part of the right section of the page. This set is so popular that it is currently on backorder! It will ship as soon as new stock is in, and it is listed at $79.95.

There are also two 3 packs (each featuring 12 episodes) for $24.95 as well as four single episode dvds for $12.95. But c’mon, don’t you really just want to have them all?!?

Here’s your chance!

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Disclosure: I received complimentary products for review purposes. All thoughts and opinions expressed here are strictly my own.