01780cam a2200289 4500 121318874 TxAuBib 20080108120000.0 050518s2005||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780590108232 $16.95 ($22.95 Can.) 0590108239 $16.95 ($22.95 Can.) 978059010822 FFL FFL IQU BAKER VP@ EHH XY4 TxAuBib Cole, Joanna. Ms. Frizzle's adventures [PB] : Imperial China / by Joanna Cole ; illustrated by Bruce Degen. Miss Frizzle's adventures. Imperial China. New York, NY : Scholastic Press, 2005. 39 p. : col. ill. ; 31 cm. Ms. Frizzle and her tour group are transported to China 1000 years in the past, where they learn how rice, tea and silk are grown and harvested, and visit the Emperor in the Forbidden City. Is it magic? Ms. Frizzle, Wanda, and Arnold simply duck under the dragon at the local Chinese New Year's parade, and they are mysteriously whisked back in time to ancient China! They arrive in a village where the farmers are in trouble. The Friz and friends vow to go to the capital to get the emperor's help. As they journey, they learn how silk is made, travel on the Grand Canal, and see the Great Wall under construction, but will they fulfill their mission to help the farmers?Cole and Degen relay a bounty of facts with charm and humor as they bring the majesty of imperial China to life. 20080108. China Civilization. China History. China Civilization Juvenile literature. China History Juvenile literature. Degen, Bruce.