'Magic School Bus' author Joanna Cole has died at age 75, Scholastic says.
The idea for"The Magic School Bus" came in the mid-1980s. Scholastic senior editorial director Craig Walker was receiving frequent requests from teachers for books about science and thought a combination of storytelling and science would catch on. He brought in Cole, whose humorous work such as the children’s book “Cockroaches” he had admired, and illustrator Bruce Degen.
“I think for Joanna the excitement was always in the idea. What? Why? How?" Degen said in a statement. “And with “The Magic School Bus” it was how to explain it so that it is accurate and in a form that a kid can understand and use. And you can actually joke around while you are learning. She had a rare sense of what could be humorous.”
Some shared how the books encouraged their love of science; others, how the television series helped them feel safe in an often frightening world.
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