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

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

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 ...

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 ...

The Magic School Bus books have since sold over 95 million ... the old days and how he’d unfurl them over a long lunch,” Scholastic Press VP, Publisher and editorial director David Levithan ...