Joanna Cole





Joanna Cole

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in Newark, New Jersey, The United States
August 11, 1944

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Joanna Cole who also writes under the pseudonym B. J. Barnet is an author of children’s books who teaches science.

She is most famous as the author of The Magic School Bus series of children's books. Joanna Cole has written over 250 books ranging from her first book Cockroach to her famous series Magic School Bus.

Cole was born in Newark, New Jersey, and grew up in nearby East Orange. She loved science as a child, and had a teacher she says was a little like Ms. Frizzle. She attended the University of Massachusetts and Indiana University before graduating from the City College of New York with a B.A. in psychology. After some graduate education courses, she spent a year as a librarian in a Brooklyn elementary school. Cole subsequently became...more


Average rating: 4.27 · 54,202 ratings · 1,477 reviews · 171 distinct works · Similar authors
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4.23 of 5 stars 4.23 avg rating — 16,096 ratings — published 1989 — 15 editions
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4.24 of 5 stars 4.24 avg rating — 3,340 ratings — published 1990 — 18 editions
The Magic School Bus Gets B...
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4.35 of 5 stars 4.35 avg rating — 2,361 ratings — published 1995 — 5 editions
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4.38 of 5 stars 4.38 avg rating — 2,071 ratings — published 1997 — 6 editions
The Magic School Bus On The...
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4.36 of 5 stars 4.36 avg rating — 1,978 ratings — published 1995 — 8 editions
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4.43 of 5 stars 4.43 avg rating — 1,622 ratings — published 1999 — 7 editions
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4.11 of 5 stars 4.11 avg rating — 1,522 ratings — published 1986 — 20 editions
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4.39 of 5 stars 4.39 avg rating — 1,370 ratings — published 1996 — 6 editions
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3.8963730569948187 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 193 ratings

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