But the decision we’ve always had is that we have to go with good science. And I’ve spoken to home-schooled kids who said the Magic School Bus was banned in their homes, even before we went on to these more difficult topics. There are people who believe the Earth is flat. JOANNA COLE: I anticipated controversy with our book on climate change, but it didn’t materialize, so I am not expecting it for this book.īRUCE DEGAN: Well, there are people who object to evolution, because it contradicts their ideas that come out of their religious beliefs. JOANNA COLE: A famous scientist once said, “Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution.” That really means that evolution is the story of life on Earth. The first one we did was climate change, maybe 10 years ago, which was even more controversial then, than it is now. When the time came, and Craig knew he was facing cancer, he said that for the last couple of books, he’d like to leave a legacy of some controversial topics. So he said, what if we can offer some humor? And he invited us to do the Magic School Bus series. But, there would be the corniest joke books and they would buy them. But the decision we’ve always had is that we have to go with good science.”īRUCE DEGAN: The old head of Scholastic, Craig Walker, once told us that he could offer the best nonfiction kids wouldn’t order them. “I’ve spoken to home-schooled kids who said the Magic School Bus was banned in their homes…. Why did you want to do a book on evolution? O.K., so the Magic School Bus has gone all over time and space. This conversation has been edited for length and clarity. The PBS NewsHour caught up with them to talk about how some people could find it controversial, and why it’s more important than ever to tackle the subject now. “The Magic School Bus Explores Human Evolution,” written by Cole, and illustrated by Degan, will be published in July 2020. In using the lens of evolution to observe and appreciate how the natural world works, Degan said that “this book really got to more than any of the books that we have done.” “Studying evolution can help us understand the past, but it might also help us prepare for the future.” “Evolution is always important because it is still at work today,” Cole said, especially when it comes to another weighty topic they’ve covered - climate change. Now, creators Joanna Cole and Bruce Degan say that the eccentric and lovable elementary school teacher and her class are about to take their “longest class trip ever” - back billions of years to understand the origin of life. Frizzle and the students on the Magic School Bus have visited the dinosaurs, dived inside the human body, gotten lost in the solar system, traveled inside a beehive, and explored the senses, among other adventures.
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