While studying birds in Ms. Frizzle's class, Phoebe and her classmates accidentally end up in Antarctica where they learn about different types of penguins including gentoo penguins, African penguins, and macaroni penguins.

While studying birds in Ms. Frizzle's class, Phoebe and her classmates accidentally end up in Antarctica where they learn about different types of penguins including gentoo penguins, African penguins, and macaroni penguins. Joanna Cole and Bruce Degen, the author and illustrator of the Magic School Bus books, have collaborated for twenty years, bringing humor and true kidlike curiosity to science and learning. Booklist heralded Ms. Frizzle as "the wackiest, wisest teacher in picture books." Two MSB titles have been named School Library Journal Best Books of the Year, and they have won countless state book awards, from New York to Nebraska.