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Wanda Li Simp. Wanda has three siblings [1]. She is the daughter of Mr. Li, the younger sister of Henry Li Ms. Her other sibling is unmentioned. Wanda is an Chinese-American girl with pale skin, black eyes, and short black hair. In older books like At the Waterworks , she has worn a pink short-sleeved shirt with magenta overalls dotted with the rose-shaped "W" logo. Since In the Time of the Dinosaurs , she wears a pink shirt, a maroon vest with 2 yellow flowers representing the "W" in her name , red-rinse black jeans, white socks, and black Mary Jane shoes. Wanda is a Chinese-American tomboy, and the most adventurous member in the class.
Due to her skepticism, she usually gets into arguments, particularly with Ralphie , who tends to live in his imagination. Keesha was a student in Valerie Frizzle's class prior to her fifth grade year. In Gets Ants in Its Pants , her teacher other classmates agreed to help Keesha make a film themed after ants for the school science fair, and proceeded to conduct them on a field trip inside of an anthill, where they produce and film on location.
The titular bus of the series, capable of transforming into almost anything to help Ms. Frizzle teach the lesson of the day to the kids. Despite the book and the cartoon literally being named after it, the bus itself doesn't have much interaction with the main characters, and as a result is more of a secondary character which literally serves as the vehicle to the story arcs. Valerie's younger sister, who takes over teaching the class in the sequel when her older sister gets her PhD and becomes Professor Frizzle. Professor Frizzle's new animal assistant. She is a golden tamarin monkey who accompanies the Professor as she travels the world on her Magic Moped. Community Showcase More. Follow TV Tropes.