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This handout photo provided by Scholastic shows author Joanna Cole. Cole, whose "Magic School Bus" books transported millions of young people on extraordinary and educational adventures, has died at age 75. Photo by Annabelle Helms /Scholastic via AP
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The author behind The Magic School Bus has died just weeks after Elizabeth Banks announced she was reviving the kids’ story for a new movie.
Joanna Cole has lost her battle with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis in Sioux City, Iowa at the age of 75.
The Magic School Bus author Joanna Cole dead at 75Back to video
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She wrote the 13 books in The Magic School Bus series, which all centre on a magical teacher named Ms. Frizzle who takes her students on out-of-this-world adventures.
A 14th book, The Magic School Bus Explores Human Evolution, is scheduled for release in the spring.
They inspired an animated TV series and a Netflix series, and now Banks is developing a film, in which she’ll tackle the role of Ms. Frizzle.
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