In 1984, publisher Scholastic paired illustrator Degen with writer Joanna Cole to create the iconic Magic School Bus series.

but grateful for the amazing legacy of brilliant illustrations that he left us in the ‘Magic School Bus’ series,” said Scholastic Trade Publishing president Ellie Berger in a statement to th ...

For decades, children over the world have traveled along with a wacky teacher, named Miss Frizzle, who drives the Magic ...

Bruce Degen, the illustrator who brought Ms. Frizzle and her field trips to vivid, colorful life as the illustrator of “The Magic School Bus” books, a series that has taken millions of young ...

Degen, whose art accompanied the beloved stories written by Joanna Cole, also authored and illustrated children’s classics ...

Sad news for anyone who grew up wishing they could have a teacher like Ms. Frizzle: Bruce Degen, who illustrated the Magic School Bus ... them over a long lunch,” Scholastic Press VP, Publisher ...