Author Joanna Cole, whose 'Magic School Bus' books transported millions of young people on extraordinary and educational adventures, has died at age 75.
This handout photo provided by Scholastic shows author Joanna Cole. Cole, whose"Magic School Bus" books transported millions of young people on extraordinary and educational adventures, has died at age 75. NEW YORK -- Author Joanna Cole, whose "Magic School Bus" books transported millions of young people on extraordinary and educational adventures, has died at age 75.
"Joanna Cole had the perfect touch for blending science and story," Scholastic Chairman and CEO Dick Robinson said in a statement Wednesday. "Joanna's books, packed with equal parts humour and information, made science both easy to understand and fun for the hundreds of millions of children around the world who read her books and watched the award-winning television series.
"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."
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