BLACKSBURG, Va. (WFXR) – “The Magic School Bus” television show marked 30 years in September 2024 and to this day is a mainstay for informational science education and entertainment, tapping ...

Few children in the past four decades have missed out on rides aboard the Magic School Bus, a co-creation of Mr. Degen and author Joanna Cole.With the frizzy-haired teacher Ms. Frizzle at the ...

The kids make it to school on time, some still wearing remnants of the party bus like a cowboy hat that says “Happy New Year,” and Janine is able to bring all her planets into orbit, creating ...

EARLY YEARS: 30 years of “The Magic School Bus” and its impact on science education Researchers from Virginia Tech and Radford University to study the legacy of the children’s show.

The Magic School Bus is a classically animated Science show, still shown in schools throughout the country. But, the show was actually based on a book. Here's how the bus came together.

“The Magic School Bus” debuted as a book series in 1986 and quickly grew into a multimedia enterprise, including a television series, museum exhibits, toys, and more. The show ran for four ...

Bruce Degen, the illustrator of “The Magic School Bus” series of children’s books, which gained a reputation as the clearest and most charming science texts available for elementary school ...

Today more than 95 million copies of the “Magic School Bus” books are in print nationwide, according to Publishers Weekly. Degen was mourned across the book world in the wake of his death.

A surprise is exactly what the town of Washtucna, population 211, intended when they moved an abandoned 1955 Kenworth Pacific School Bus to the side of Highway 261 in 2018.

CT artist who drew ‘Magic School Bus’ books mourned as ‘astonishingly talented, caring and sweet’ By Rob Ryser , Staff Writer Nov 11, 2024 Illustrator Bruce Degen and writer Joanna Cole.

Bruce Degen, best known for illustrating the Magic School Bus book series, has died. The author and artist died on Nov. 7 at his Newtown, Conn. home from pancreatic cancer, his family confirmed.