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Joanna Cole (1944–2020)

Author of The Magic School Bus Inside the Human Body

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Many "Magic School Bus" books based on the TV series are in fact written by other authors, based on the ideas of Joanna Cole and Bruce Degen.

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The Magic School Bus Inside the Human Body 3,543 copies, 79 reviews
The Magic School Bus Lost in the Solar System 3,501 copies, 65 reviews
The Magic School Bus Inside the Earth 3,282 copies, 41 reviews
The Magic School Bus on the Ocean Floor 2,943 copies, 47 reviews
The Magic School Bus at the Waterworks 2,814 copies, 36 reviews
The Magic School Bus in the Time of the Dinosaurs 2,264 copies, 34 reviews
The Magic School Bus Inside a Hurricane 1,933 copies, 34 reviews
The Magic School Bus Inside a Beehive 1,684 copies, 29 reviews
The Magic School Bus Explores the Senses 1,273 copies, 43 reviews
The Magic School Bus and the Electric Field Trip 1,245 copies, 31 reviews
Hungry, Hungry Sharks 1,217 copies, 13 reviews
Field Trip Facts: Notes From Ms. Frizzle's Kids 967 copies, 6 reviews
I'm a Big Sister 852 copies, 33 reviews
Anna Banana: 101 Jump Rope Rhymes 711 copies, 4 reviews
I'm a Big Brother 705 copies, 23 reviews
The Magic School Bus Lost in the Snow 655 copies, 2 reviews
Best-Loved Folktales of the World 619 copies, 5 reviews
The Missing Tooth 545 copies, 8 reviews
The Magic School Bus Takes a Moonwalk 536 copies, 6 reviews
Ancient Egypt 525 copies, 15 reviews
Norma Jean, Jumping Bean 490 copies, 8 reviews
The Magic School Bus and the Science Fair Expedition 451 copies, 6 reviews
Imperial China 437 copies, 10 reviews
The Magic School Bus Flies from the Nest 421 copies, 1 review
Bony-Legs 401 copies, 11 reviews
Medieval Castle 354 copies, 2 reviews
Six Sick Sheep: 101 Tongue Twisters 332 copies, 3 reviews
The Magic School Bus Looking for Liz 314 copies, 3 reviews
The Eentsy, Weentsy Spider: Fingerplays and Action Rhymes 309 copies
The Magic School Bus And The Climate Challenge 302 copies, 16 reviews
Monster Manners 289 copies, 3 reviews
My Puppy Is Born 259 copies, 5 reviews
Bully Trouble 246 copies, 1 review
Ready... Set... Read!: The Beginning Reader's Treasury (Editor) 243 copies, 2 reviews
The Magic School Bus at the First Thanksgiving 203 copies
Dinosaur Story 191 copies, 1 review
Spider's Lunch: All About Garden Spiders 171 copies, 1 review
How You Were Born 168 copies, 3 reviews
This is the Place for Me 158 copies, 2 reviews
You Can't Smell a Flower with Your Ear! All About Your 5 Senses 154 copies, 1 review
The Magic School Bus: Science Box Set of 6: Waterworks / Dinosaurs / Space… 153 copies, 2 reviews
It's too noisy! 148 copies, 15 reviews
Golly Gump Swallowed a Fly (A Parents Magazine Read Aloud and Easy Reading… 141 copies
Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road? 140 copies
The New Baby at Your House 140 copies, 9 reviews
Who Put the Pepper in the Pot? (Parents Magazine Read Aloud Original) 139 copies
Plants in Winter 130 copies, 1 review
My Big Boy Potty 128 copies, 4 reviews
Miss Mary Mack and Other Children's Street Rhymes 124 copies
Bug in a Rug: Reading Fun for Just-Beginners 112 copies
A New Treasury of Children's Poetry 109 copies, 1 review
The Magic School Bus Gets All Fired Up 103 copies, 1 review
Your Insides 97 copies
Asking About Sex and Growing Up: A Question-and-Answer Book for Boys and… 95 copies, 2 reviews
How I Was Adopted (Mulberry Books) 94 copies, 11 reviews
My Big Girl Potty 93 copies, 8 reviews
The Clown-Arounds Go On Vacation 93 copies, 1 review
The Magic School Bus Gets Cleaned Up 90 copies
A Gift from Saint Francis: The First Creche 89 copies, 1 review
Crazy Eights and Other Card Games 88 copies
Scary Book 88 copies
Ready, Set, Read--And Laugh!: A Funny Treasury for Beginning Readers 75 copies, 4 reviews
Cars and How They Go 71 copies, 1 review
Give a Dog a Bone: Stories, Poems, Jokes, and Riddles About Dogs 68 copies, 1 review
Evolution 67 copies, 3 reviews
Pat-A-Cake and Other Play Rhymes 66 copies
The Read-Aloud Treasury 64 copies, 2 reviews
Big Goof and Little Goof/Three Short Stories 60 copies
Aren't You Forgetting Something, Fiona? 56 copies
Don't Tell the Whole World! 56 copies
The Clown-Arounds 54 copies
The Clown-Arounds Have a Party 54 copies
Buster Cat Goes Out 53 copies
Get Well, Clown-arounds! (The Clown Arounds) 51 copies
Monster and Muffin (All Aboard Reading. Picture Reader) 50 copies, 1 review
A Snake's Body 50 copies
When You Were Inside Mommy 49 copies, 8 reviews
No Puppies Today! 47 copies, 1 review
The Laugh Book 45 copies, 1 review
Mixed-up Magic (Hello Reader) 44 copies
On the Bus with Joanna Cole 43 copies, 3 reviews
Sharing Is Fun 41 copies, 13 reviews
Sweet Dreams, Clown-Arounds! (Parents Magazine Read Aloud Original) 40 copies
My New Kitten 40 copies, 1 review
Hank and Frank Fix Up the House 39 copies
My Friend the Doctor 39 copies, 6 reviews
Pin the Tail On the Donkey and Other Party Games 38 copies
Your New Potty 37 copies, 1 review
When Mommy and Daddy Go to Work 36 copies, 7 reviews
Large as Life Animals in Beautiful Life-Size Paintings 34 copies
Marbles: 101 Ways to Play 33 copies
The Rain or Shine Activity Book 31 copies
Simple Science [includes 7 great stories!] 31 copies
Animal Sleepyheads: 1 to 10 31 copies
Monster Movie (Lucky Star) 30 copies
Monster Valentines 27 copies
A Bird's Body 27 copies
The Magic School Bus Activity Guide: Season Two 26 copies
An Insect's Body 26 copies
Cuts, breaks, bruises, and burns: How your body heals 23 copies, 1 review
The Magic School Bus: Human Body [3 TV Episodes] (Writer) 22 copies
Yours Till Banana Splits: 201 Autograph Rhymes 22 copies
A Fish Hatches 22 copies
The Magic School Bus Activity Guide: Season Three 22 copies
Large as Life - Nighttime Animals 22 copies
A Chick Hatches 21 copies, 1 review
A Cat's Body 19 copies
The Magic School Bus Briefcase [boxed set] 19 copies
A Frog's Body 19 copies, 1 review
Get Well, Gators! 18 copies, 1 review
Parents Book of Toilet Teaching 17 copies, 2 reviews
Fun on the Run: Travel Games and Songs 16 copies
A Dog's Body 15 copies
The Magic School Bus: Holiday Special [3 TV Episodes] (Creator) 14 copies, 1 review
The Human Body: How We Evolved 14 copies
The Magic School Bus Set [boxed set] 13 copies
The Magic School Bus Kicks Up a Storm [1994 TV Episode] (Creator) 12 copies
Why Does Water Wiggle?: Learning About the World 11 copies
DON'T CALL ME NAMES ! (A Just right book) 10 copies
A Pocketful of Laughs 10 copies
Doctor Change 10 copies, 1 review
A Horse's Body 10 copies
Riding Silver Star 9 copies
A Calf Is Born 7 copies, 1 review
Bus Magique 13 Plongée dans les mers du Sud 7 copies
The Magic School Bus: For Lunch [1994 TV Episode] (Creator) 7 copies
El autobus magico Muestra Y Cuenta / The Magic School Bus Shows and Tells:… 7 copies
The Magic School Bus: The Busasaurus Bone Up on Prehistoric Animals [1995… (Creator) 6 copies
Cockroaches 6 copies
More Tons of Fun: Card Games, Party Games, Street and Jumprope Rhymes 6 copies
The Magic School Bus: Season 1 (Creator) 5 copies
The Magic School Bus: Plays Ball [1994 TV Episode] (Creator) 5 copies
Large as Life Daytime Animals Life Size 5 copies
The Magic School Bus: Gets Ants in its Pants [1994 film] 5 copies
Fleas 5 copies
Oceans 5 copies
Tons of Fun 5 copies
Baleines Droit Devant ! (French Edition) 4 copies
The Magic School Bus Flies From the Nest/The Magic School Bus Rides the… 4 copies
Cousin Matilda and the Foolish Wolf 4 copies
Find the Hidden Insect 4 copies
El Autobas Magico Camina Por La Luna 4 copies
The Magic School Bus Getting Energized (WRONG ISBN) 4 copies
Fun on Wheels (Early Bird Series Little Books) 4 copies
The Magic School Bus: Taking Flight [1995 TV Episode] (Creator) 4 copies
The Magic School Bus: Season 2 (Creator) 3 copies
Le Bus Magique - Tome 9 : Sur la piste des kangourous 3 copies
The Magic School Bus: Experiments, Coloring, Puzzles&More/Book and… 3 copies
The Magic School Bus: Super Star Power [3 TV Episodes] (Creator) 3 copies
The Magic School Bus Notebook 3 copies
The Magic School Bus: Inside the Human Body (Scholastic Book Guides) 3 copies
Promo/spiders lunch 3 copies
Magic School Bus 3D: Journey Through The Solar System 3 copies
The Magic School Bus: Season 3 (Creator) 3 copies
The Magic School Bus 3 copies, 1 review
Lost in the Snow (Magic School Bus Science Reader) by Joanna Cole… 3 copies
The Magic School Bus: Season 4 (Creator) 2 copies
Le Bus Magique, Tome 15 : Au pied des volcans 2 copies
Qui mange qui? 2 copies
Twins; the story of multiple births 2 copies
Saber-toothed tiger and other ice age mammals 2 copies
Homes 2 copies
THE MAGIC SCHOOL BUS READER: 8-BOOK SET (Scholastic Readers, Level 2)… 2 copies
Ce chenapan de Fred 2 copies
1 Magic School Bus Series (all 11)(Chinese Edition) 2 copies
A Lesson Plan Book for "The Magic School Bus Inside the Human Body" 2 copies
The Magic School Bus Makes a Stink [1997 TV Episode] (Creator) 2 copies
THE MAGIC SCHOOL BUS 2 copies
The Magic School Bus Gets Eaten [1994 TV Episode] (Creator) 2 copies
The Magic School Bus: Greatest Adventures [3 TV Episodes] (Creator) 1 copy
"The Magic School Bus Gets Baked in a Cake: a Book About Kitchen… 1 copy
Sihirli Okul Otobüsü Volkana Yolculuk 1 copy
Shelf-251 I'm A Big Sister 1 copy
The Magic School Bus Gets Planted [1996 TV Episode] (Creator) 1 copy
Magic School Bus Wild Leaf Ride, Magic School Bus Flies from the Nest,… 1 copy
Cap sur L'Atlantique 1 copy
Shelf-846 Anna Banana 101 Jump-Rope-Rhymes 1 copy
El Capitán Roca contra el Meteorólogo (El autobús mágico vuelve a… 1 copy
EL AUTOBÚS MAǴICO EN EL CUERPO HUMANO 1 copy
EL AUTOBUS MÁGICO EN EL SISTEMA SOLAR 1 copy
The Magic School Bus: Inside the Human Body Inside the Earth Lost in the… 1 copy
El Autobus Magico Muestra y Cuenta: Un Libro Sobre Arqueologia (Spanish… 1 copy
Les Croco-filles 1 copy
The Magic Schoolbus taking Flight 1 copy
The Magic School Bus Explores Human Evolution 1 copy
A varázslatos iskolabusz a tengerfenéken 1 copy
Koinu ga umareru yo (こいぬがうまれるよ) 1 copy
C'est Halloween ! 1 copy
El autobús mágico vuela del nido 1 copy
Magic School Bus Plants Seeds, The, C2 1 copy
Magic School Bus Ups and Downs, The, C2 1 copy
Sihirli Okul Otobusu - Miknatislarin Gizemi 1 copy
Magic School Bus Ups and Downs, The, C3 1 copy
Besin Zinciri - Sihirli Okul Otobusu 1 copy
Dev Mikroplar - Sihirli Okul Otobusu 1 copy
Der Zauberschulbus, Auf Tauchstation im Meer 1 copy
Magic School Bus and the Electric Field Trip, The, C2 1 copy
Magic School Bus Gets Eaten, The, C2 1 copy
Sihirli Okul Otobusu - Kayip Kemiklerin Pesinde 1 copy
Magic School Bus Inside the Human Body, The, C2 1 copy
Magic School Bus Going Batty, The, C2 1 copy
Magic School Bus on the Ocean Floor, The, C3 1 copy
Magic School Bus Search for the Missing Bones, The 1 copy
Magic School Bus Activity Guide, The 1 copy
Sihirli Okul Otobusu - Boceklerin Dunyasi 1 copy
Sihirli Okul Otobusu - Dinozor Dedektifler 1 copy
Magic School Bus on the Ocean Floor, The, C2 1 copy
Magic School Bus Explores the World of Animals, The, C2 1 copy
Magic School Bus Inside Ralphie, The, C2 1 copy
Magic School Bus Blows Its Top, The, C2 1 copy
Uzay Kasifleri - Sihirli Okul Otobusu 1 copy
Darling Roland 1 copy
Tom Tit Tot 1 copy
The Boggart 1 copy
Jack the Giant-Killer 1 copy
The Twelve Months 1 copy
The Half-Chick 1 copy
A Legend of Saint Nicholas 1 copy
Lazy Jack 1 copy
The Three Wishes 1 copy
The Brownie of Blednock 1 copy
The Midwife 1 copy
Black, Brown, and Gray 1 copy
Fin MacCoul and the Fenians of Erin in the Castle of Fear Dubh 1 copy
The Fisherman's Son and the Gruagach of Tricks 1 copy
The Birth of Fin MacCoul 1 copy
I Ate the Loaf 1 copy
Toñino and the Fairies 1 copy
The Magic School Bus Science Chapter Books: 2,3,10-12,14,15 1 copy
The Doctor and His Pupil 1 copy
Riding the Magic School Bus with Joanna Cole & Bruce Degen [movie] 1 copy
The Magic School Bus Science Chapter Books 1-20 1 copy
9 Titles Magic School Bus... At the Waterworks Blows its Top Gets All… 1 copy
The Secret Box 1 copy
Thousand-Furs 1 copy
The Merman and the Farmer 1 copy
The Thoughtless Abbot 1 copy
Don Demonio's Mother-in-Law 1 copy
The Cock and the Mouse 1 copy
Bastianelo 1 copy
Crab 1 copy
The Cow on the Roof 1 copy
Peter Bull 1 copy
The Magic School Bus Level 2 Reader Set of 5 Paperbacks Includes Takes a… 1 copy
Eentsy, Weentsy Spider: Figerplays & Action Rhymes 1 copy
Les Requins 1 copy
The Magic School Bus Picture Book Collection: Set of 10 Books 1 copy
Magic School Bus Series (9) 1 copy
The Magic School Bus Chapter Book Collection: Set of 5 Books (#3 The Wild… 1 copy
The Magic School Bus Scholastic Reader Level 2 Box Set - Vocabulary and… 1 copy
El Autobus Magico - Viaja Con El Viento - Lector De Scholastic -… 1 copy
The Magic School Bus 5 Book Set: Blows Its Top, In the Artic A Book About… 1 copy
The Magic School Bus: Wet All Over 1 copy
The Magic School Bus set: (Blows its Top; Gets All Dried Up; Plants Seeds;… 1 copy
The Magic School Bus in a Pickle & the Magic School Bus Wet All Over/ 2… 1 copy
Ou Sont Passes Les OS DES Squelettes (French Edition) 1 copy
The Magic School Bus: On the Ocean Floor & Lost in the Solar System [With… 1 copy
Set 10 Scholastic The Magic School Bus Books 1 copy
Magic School Bus Chapter Books Set of 20 Collection with Bus Case… 1 copy
Abraham Lincoln and President's Day 1 copy
The Magic School Bus Set 5-8 (Twister Trouble ~ Giant Germ ~ Shark Escape… 1 copy
Le Bus Magique, Tome 20 : Virée au grand canyon ! 1 copy
Maid Lena 1 copy
Teacher BIG Book ; The Magic School Bus inside the Human Body 1 copy
Read Along Book & CD The Magic School Bus and the Climate Challenge 1 copy
Read Along Book & CD The Magic School Bus Inside the Earth 1 copy
L'autobus Magique a réponse à tout un liver de questions et réponse a 1 copy
The Magic School Bus Season's Greetings [DVD] 1 copy
Innovations Teaching Guide: The Magic School Bus: Lost in the Solar System 1 copy
Magic School Bus Chapter Books [8 Books] (Chapter Books 1-7 (The Truth… 1 copy
The Magic School Bus: Box Set 1 copy
The Magic School Bus Wet All Over: A Book About The Water Cycle, Blows Its… 1 copy
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Barnet, B. J.
Cooke, Ann
Basilea, Joanna Reid (birth)
Date of birth
1944-08-11
Date of death
2020-07-12
Burial location
Gender
female
Nationality
USA
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Birthplace
Newark, New Jersey, USA
Place of death
Sioux City, Iowa, USA
Cause of death
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
Places of residence
East Orange, New Jersey, USA
Norfolk, Virginia, USA
New York, New York, USA
Sioux City, Iowa, USA
Education
City College of New York (BA ∙ Psychology ∙ 1967)
University of Massachusetts
Indiana University
Occupations
children's book author
librarian
editor
elementary school teacher
Relationships
Organizations
Authors Guild
Authors League of America
Society of Children's Book Writers
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Awards and honors
Eva L. Gordon Award (American Nature Study Society ∙ 1990)
Children's Book Guild Award for Nonfiction (1991)
David McCord Children's Literature Citation (1994)
Agents
Harper Collins
Scholastic
Short biography
Disambiguation notice
Many "Magic School Bus" books based on the TV series are in fact written by other authors, based on the ideas of Joanna Cole and Bruce Degen.

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