Joanna Cole, the best-selling author of The Magic School Busseries and more than 250 children's books, has died. She was 75.
Cole died Sunday,The Hollywood Reporter has learned. The cause of death was unknown. The author created the first Magic School Bus book alongside illustrator Bruce Degen in 1986.
The series, published by Scholastic Inc., centers on Ms. Frizzle, who takes her students on virtual bus rides as they embark on adventures to learn science.
More than 13 core titles have been published, along with dozens of series tie-ins. The series has sold more than 93 million copies in 13 countries and won awards from the American Booksellers Association, the NEA Foundation and others. "Joanna Cole had the perfect touch for blending.
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