By bringing together in one place specific objects, materials, and features indicating ritual, religious, or magical belief used by people around the world and

A little girl goes to a magic pawnshop to buy a miracle cure for her uncle. The witch who runs the shop must fly away on her broomstick to gather the ingredient

When their class project for Ocean Awareness Day falls into Ms. Frizzle's fish tank, Tim and his classmates board the Magic School Bus with their teacher for a

Ms. Frizzle takes her class on a field trip through the town's electrical wires so they can learn how electricity is generated and how it is used.