Joanna Cole

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

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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. C...more

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Average rating: 4.12 · 17,359 ratings · 842 reviews · 254 distinct works

	The Magic School Bus Inside The Human Body by Joanna Cole, Bruce Degen (Illustrator) 4.10 avg rating — 3,799 ratings — published 1989 — 15 editions	My rating:
	The Magic School Bus Lost In The Solar System by Joanna Cole, Bruce Degen (Illustrator) 4.07 avg rating — 1,046 ratings — published 1990 — 15 editions	My rating:
	The Magic School Bus On The Ocean Floor by Joanna Cole, Bruce Degen 4.09 avg rating — 712 ratings — published 1992 — 12 editions	My rating:
	The Magic School Bus At The Waterworks by Joanna Cole, Bruce Degen (Illustrator) 4.08 avg rating — 687 ratings — published 1986 — 16 editions	My rating:
	The Magic School Bus Inside The Earth 3.97 avg rating — 673 ratings — 10 editions	My rating:
	The Magic School Bus Inside Ralphie: A Book About Germs: A Book About Germs by Joanna Cole, Bruce Degen (Illustrator), John Speirs (Illustrator) 4.27 avg rating — 571 ratings — published 1995 — 5 editions	My rating:
	The Magic School Bus Explores the Senses: Explores The Senses by Joanna Cole, Bruce Degen (Illustrator) 4.23 avg rating — 394 ratings — published 1999 — 6 editions	My rating:
	The Magic School Bus In the Time of the Dinosaurs by Joanna Cole, Bruce Degen 4.04 avg rating — 427 ratings — published 1994 — 7 editions	My rating:
	The Magic School Bus Inside A Hurricane by Joanna Cole, Bruce Degen 4.14 avg rating — 341 ratings — published 1995 — 7 editions	My rating:
	The Magic School Bus Inside A Beehive by Joanna Cole, Bruce Degen (Illustrator) 4.11 avg rating — 303 ratings — 8 editions	My rating:

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Series by Joanna Cole

The Magic School Bus Classics (12 books)
by Joanna Cole, Bruce Degen

4.08 avg rating — 8,809 ratings

Magic School Bus Science Readers (22 books)
by Joanna Cole, Carolyn Bracken (Illustrator), Bruce Degen

3.62 avg rating — 389 ratings

Ms. Frizzle's Adventures (MSB) (3 books)
by Joanna Cole, Bruce Degen (Illustrator)

3.82 avg rating — 133 ratings

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“Take chances! Get messy! Make mistakes!”
― Joanna Cole

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