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Bruce Degen

Bruce Degen has written and illustrated numerous award-winning books for children, among them Shirley's Wonderful Baby, Daddy Is a Doodlebug, and Jamberry. He has illustrated the highly acclaimed The Magic School Bus series by Joanna Cole, the ever-popular Jesse Bear books by Nancy White Carlstrom, and Jane Yolen's Commander Toad series. In addition to his career in children's books, he has also worked as a painter, print maker, and teacher, and has even painted scenery for the opera. Mr. Degen currently lives in Connecticut.

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Birth date: June 14, 1945

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Children's Books

Bruce Degen's Books

The Magic School Bus Inside the Human Body - Joanna Cole, Bruce Degen

The Magic School Bus Lost in the Solar System - Joanna Cole, Bruce Degen

The Magic School Bus on the Ocean Floor - Joanna Cole, Bruce Degen

The Magic School Bus at the Waterworks - Joanna Cole, Bruce Degen

The Magic School Bus in the Time of the Dinosaurs - Joanna Cole, Bruce Degen

The Magic School Bus Inside the Earth - Joanna Cole, Bruce Degen

The Magic School Bus Inside Ralphie: A Book About Germs - Joanna Cole, Bruce Degen, John Speirs

The Magic School Bus Plants Seeds: A Book About How Living Things Grow - Bruce Degen, John Speirs, Joanna Cole

The Magic School Bus Inside a Beehive - Joanna Cole, Bruce Degen

The Magic School Bus Explores the Senses - Joanna Cole, Bruce Degen

The Magic School Bus Gets Baked in a Cake: A Book About Kitchen Chemistry - Joanna Cole, Ted Enik, Bruce Degen

The Magic School Bus Inside a Hurricane - Joanna Cole, Bruce Degen

The Magic School Bus and the Electric Field Trip - Joanna Cole, Bruce Degen

The Magic School Bus Sees Stars: A Book About Stars - Joanna Cole, Nancy White, Art Ruiz, Bruce Degen, Noel MacNeal

The Magic School Bus and the Climate Challenge - Joanna Cole, Bruce Degen

Electric Storm - Anne Capeci, Judith Bauer Stamper, Hope Gangloff, Joanna Cole, Bruce Degen

Voyage to the Volcano - Judith Bauer Stamper, Joanna Cole, John Speirs, Bruce Degen

The Great Shark Escape - Jennifer Johnston, Ted Enik, Joanna Cole, Bruce Degen

Wild Whale Watch - Eva Moore, Ted Enik, Joanna Cole, Bruce Degen, John Speirs

Butterfly Battle - Joanna Cole, Nancy White, Hope Gangloff, Bruce Degen

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An Un-Calibrated Centrifuge rated it

5 years ago

text Commander Toad in Space

I was surprised that the book is told in one continuous shot without any chapters to break it up. That might make it a little difficult for beginning readers to get through the book on their own. The story is fun and imaginative; I do wish the crew had gender parity though. Lieutenant Lily is a grea...

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MarissaKendrick rated it

6 years ago

text The Magic School Bus Series

For over twenty years, the Magic School Bus series has been a fantastic instrument used inelementary science classes. This is just one of seventeen total books in the series. This particular story is about a boy named Arnold who swallows the magic school bus (while its shrunk of course)! The class g...

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Katherineea rated it

6 years ago

text Inside the Human Body

This science-based fiction novel tells the story of Arnold swallowing the Magic School Bus. Now, instead of seeing an exhibit of the human body at a museum, the class is taking a look at Arnold's stomach, his intestines, his bloodstream, and more from the inside on this heart-stopping field trip. Th...

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I Live in Many Worlds rated it

7 years ago

text Lost in the Solar System (The Magic School Bus, #4) by Joanna Cole

If you grew up in the 90s, more likely than not, you grew up with a certain eccentric red-haired school teacher gracing your television set. Everyday after school, I would rush home to catch The Frizz on afternoon TV, teaching me a wide variety of subjects the world has to offer. I loved how educati...

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daisysaffron rated it

8 years ago

text Hop on the "Magic School Bus" Fad

As with all "Magic School Bus" books, this one is clever, educational, and funny. Students will be engaged when reading. The school bus shrinks down and enters Arnold's body. The class explores the digestive system, circulatory system, and other systems of the body. I would use this book to introduc...

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