About Joanna Cole
Joanna Cole (born August 11, 1944), who also writes under the pseudonym B. J. Barnet is a United States 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.
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 a letters correspondent at Newsweek, and then a senior editor for Doubleday Books for Young Readers.
Joanna Cole (born August 11, 1944), who also writes under the pseudonym B. J. Barnet is a United States 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.
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. ...
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| 1. My Voice: A Memoir (Hardcover)
Author: Angie Martinez
Publisher: Celebra
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05/17/2016
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| 2. The Magic School Bus in the Time of Dinosaurs - Audio (Audio CD)
Author: Bruce Degan, Joanna Cole
Publisher: Scholastic Audio Books
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4-8 |
04/01/2012
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149 Reviews |
| 3. The Magic School Bus and the Climate Challenge - Audio (Audio CD)
Author: Bruce Degan, Joanna Cole
Publisher: Scholastic Audio Books
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4-8 |
04/01/2012
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49 Reviews |
| 4. The Magic School Bus: In the Time of Dinosaurs (Audible Audio Edition)
Author: Joanna Cole
Publisher: Scholastic Audio
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10/01/2011
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| 5. The Magic School Bus And The Climate Challenge (Hardcover)
Author: Joanna Cole
Illustrator: Bruce Degan
Publisher: Scholastic Press
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4-8 |
03/01/2010
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71 Reviews |
| 6. I'm a Big Sister (Hardcover)
Author: Joanna Cole
Illustrator: Rosalinda Kightley
Publisher: HarperFestival
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4-8 |
01/05/2010
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1,022 Reviews |
| 7. Asking About Sex & Growing Up (revised edition): A Question-and-Answer B...
Author: Joanna Cole
Illustrator: Bill Thomas
Publisher: Collins
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06/30/2009
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| 8. The Magic School Bus Takes a Moonwalk (Scholastic Reader, Level 2) (Pape...
Author: Joanna Cole, Scholastic
Illustrator: Carolyn Bracken
Publisher: Scholastic
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4-8 |
05/01/2007
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29 Reviews |
| 9. I'm a Big Brother (Spanish edition): Soy un hermano mayor (Hardcover)
Author: Joanna Cole
Illustrator: Maxie Chambliss
Publisher: Rayo
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02/01/2007
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158 Reviews |
| 10. I'm a Big Sister (Spanish edition): Soy una hermana mayor (Hardcover)
Author: Joanna Cole
Illustrator: Maxie Chambliss
Publisher: Rayo
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02/01/2007
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| 11. I'm a Big Sister Lap Edition (Board book)
Author: Joanna Cole
Illustrator: Maxie Chambliss
Publisher: HarperFestival
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4-8 |
09/26/2006
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47 Reviews |
| 12. And The Science Fair Expedition (Magic School Bus) (Hardcover)
Author: Joanna Cole
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
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08/01/2006
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48 Reviews |
| 13. The Magic School Bus Chapter Book Boxed Set, Books 1-8: Penguin Puzzle, ...
Author: Anne Capeci, Anne Schreiber, Eva Moore, Joanna Cole, Judith Bauer Stamper, Jennifer Johnston
Illustrator: Bruce Degan, John Speirs, Ted Enik
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
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12 Reviews |
| 14. The Magic School Bus at the First Thanksgiving (Scholastic Reader, Level...
Author: Joanna Cole
Illustrator: Carolyn Bracken
Publisher: Scholastic
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4 Reviews |
| 15. The Magic School Bus Chapter Book Boxed Set, Books 1-8 (The Truth About ...
Author: Joanna Cole
Illustrator: Bruce Degan
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
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| 16. My Friend the Doctor (Hardcover)
Author: Joanna Cole
Illustrator: Maxie Chambliss
Publisher: HarperCollins
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07/26/2005
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23 Reviews |
| 17. The Magic School Bus Flies from the Nest (Scholastic Reader, Level 2) (P...
Author: Joanna Cole
Illustrator: Carolyn Bracken
Publisher: Cartwheel
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4-8 |
05/01/2005
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9 Reviews |
| 18. The Magic School Bus Flies from the Nest (Scholastic Reader, Level 2) (L...
Author: Joanna Cole
Illustrator: Carolyn Bracken
Publisher: Rebound by Sagebrush
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05/01/2005
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| 19. Files from the Nest (Scholastic Reader: Level 2) (Turtleback)
Author: Joanna Cole
Publisher: Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco Media
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05/2005
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| 20. Rocky Road Trip (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) (Magic Sch...
Author: Joanna Cole, Judith Bauer Stamper
Illustrator: Hope Gangloff
Publisher: Tandem Library
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10/01/2004
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15 Reviews |
| 21. Sharing Is Fun (Hardcover)
Author: Joanna Cole
Illustrator: Maxie Chambliss
Publisher: HarperCollins
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08/10/2004
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14 Reviews |
| 22. Pin the Tail on the Donkey: And Other Party Games (Hardcover)
Author: Joanna Cole, Stephanie Calmenson
Illustrator: Alan Tiegreen
Publisher: Chronicle Books
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04/2004
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2 Reviews |
| 23. The Magic School Science Reader: The Magic School Bus: Lost in the Snow ...
Author: Bruce Degan, Joanna Cole
Illustrator: Carolyn Bracken
Publisher: Cartwheel Books
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01/2004
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19 Reviews |
| 24. Magic School Bus Boxed Set 17 -20 (Science series - Food Chain Frenzy, T...
Author: Joanna Cole
Illustrator: Bruce Degan
Publisher: Scholastic
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| 25. All Aboard Reading Station Stop 1 Collection: Simply Science (Hardcover)
Author: EMILY NEYE, Ginjer L. Clarke, Jennifer Dussling, Joanna Cole, Jodi Huelin, Laura Driscoll
Illustrator: Cindy Revell, Mavis Smith, Pedro Julio Gonzalez, Ron Broda, Steven James Petruccio, Judith Moffatt
Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap
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09/15/2003
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