Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level
4.2
Points
1.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
4164
Points per Word
0.00024
Page Count
32
Points per Page
0.03125
Series
Magic School Bus
Description
The book follows Keesha and her classmates who return from vacation to discover that her prizewinning cucumber has been transformed into a pickle. With Ms. Frizzle's help, the class shrinks to microscopic size to investigate what happened to the cucumber. The story teaches about fermentation and the science of pickling through the Magic School Bus's educational adventure.