Joanna Cole

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born

in Newark, New Jersey, The United States

August 11, 1944

gender

female

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Children's Books

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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

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Joanna Cole's Books

Average rating: 4.27 · 54,202 ratings · 1,477 reviews · 171 distinct works · Similar authors

	The Magic School Bus Inside The Human Body by Joanna Cole, Bruce Degen (Illustrator) 4.23 of 5 stars 4.23 avg rating — 16,096 ratings — published 1989 — 15 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Magic School Bus: Lost in the Solar System by Joanna Cole, Bruce Degen (Illustrator) 4.24 of 5 stars 4.24 avg rating — 3,340 ratings — published 1990 — 18 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Magic School Bus Gets Baked In A Cake: A Book About Kitchen... by Joanna Cole, Ted Enik (Illustrator), Bruce Degen 4.35 of 5 stars 4.35 avg rating — 2,361 ratings — published 1995 — 5 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Magic School Bus Makes a Rainbow: A Book About Color by Joanna Cole, Jocelyn Stevenson, Carolyn Bracken (Illustrator) 4.38 of 5 stars 4.38 avg rating — 2,071 ratings — published 1997 — 6 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Magic School Bus On The Ocean Floor by Joanna Cole, Bruce Degen 4.24 of 5 stars 4.24 avg rating — 2,147 ratings — published 1992 — 16 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Magic School Bus Inside Ralphie: A Book About Germs by Joanna Cole, Bruce Degen (Illustrator), John Speirs (Illustrator) 4.36 of 5 stars 4.36 avg rating — 1,978 ratings — published 1995 — 8 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Magic School Bus Sees Stars: A Book About Stars by Joanna Cole, Nancy White, Art Ruiz (Illustrator) 4.43 of 5 stars 4.43 avg rating — 1,622 ratings — published 1999 — 7 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Magic School Bus Blows Its Top: A Book About Volcanoes by Joanna Cole, Gail Herman, Bob Ostrom (Illustrations) 4.36 of 5 stars 4.36 avg rating — 1,637 ratings — published 1996 — 8 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Magic School Bus At The Waterworks by Joanna Cole, Bruce Degen (Illustrator) 4.11 of 5 stars 4.11 avg rating — 1,522 ratings — published 1986 — 20 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Magic School Bus Going Batty: A Book About Bats by Joanna Cole, Nancy E. Krulik, Bob Ostrom (Illustrator) 4.39 of 5 stars 4.39 avg rating — 1,370 ratings — published 1996 — 6 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Joanna Cole

The Magic School Bus (12 books)
by Joanna Cole, Bruce Degen
4.2028044280442804 of 5 stars 4.20 avg rating — 27,100 ratings

Magic School Bus TV Tie-Ins (27 books)
by Joanna Cole, Nancy White, Art Ruiz (Illustrator), Bruce Degen, Noel MacNeal (Goodreads Author)
4.367532960772611 of 5 stars 4.37 avg rating — 18,431 ratings

Magic School Bus Science Readers (22 books)
by Joanna Cole, Carolyn Bracken (Illustrator), Bruce Degen
3.7893915756630263 of 5 stars 3.79 avg rating — 641 ratings

Ms. Frizzle's Adventures (MSB) (3 books)
by Joanna Cole, Bruce Degen (Illustrator)
3.8963730569948187 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 193 ratings

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― Joanna Cole

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