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The magic school bus makes a rainbow a book about color

Ms. Frizzle takes her class inside a pinball machine that is played with light pulses instead of steel balls, to learn the secrets of color and light.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Bloom, George Arthur (Author), Cole, Joanna (Author), Stevenson, Jocelyn (Author)
Other Authors:	Degen, Bruce (Illustrator), Bracken, Carolyn (Illustrator)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Scholastic, [1997]
Series:	Magic school bus (Television program)
Subjects:	Color > Juvenile nonfiction. Rainbows > Juvenile nonfiction. Picture books.
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Summary:	Ms. Frizzle takes her class inside a pinball machine that is played with light pulses instead of steel balls, to learn the secrets of color and light.
Item Description:	"TV tie-in adaptation by George Bloom and Jocelyn Stevenson ; illustrated by Carolyn Bracken ; TV script written by George Bloom and Jocelyn Stevenson."--Title page verso.
Physical Description:	1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 20 cm.
Audience:	RL2. 005-007.
ISBN:	9780590922517 0590922513 9780756905101 0756905109 9780613054225 0613054229 9780545533454 0545533457
Author Notes:	Joanna Cole was born in Newark, New Jersey on August 11, 1944. She attended the University of Massachusetts, Indiana University, and City College of New York where she earned a degree in Psychology. Ms. Cole has worked as an elementary school teacher, a librarian, and a children's book editor. As a child, she loved science and explaining things and this is why she started writing children's books. She writes fiction and non-fiction titles. Her most well-known series are the Magic School Bus and the "Body." Cole's books have received a number of honors. A Horse's Body and A Snake's Body were both named Outstanding Science Trade Books for children by the joint committee of the National Science Teachers Association and the Children's Book Council. In 1982, A Snake's Body was named a Children's Choice Book by the joint committee of the International Reading Association and the Children's Book Council. Both A Cat's Body and A Bird's Body were Junior Literary Guild selections. In 1991, she was awarded the Washington Post/Children's Book Guild Nonfiction award. Joanna Cole, who wrote over 250 books for children, died on July 12, 2020 at the age of 75. 030 (Bowker Author Biography)