page_title: Bruce Degen
section_title: Selected bibliography
hierarchical_section_title: Bruce Degen / Selected bibliography
caption_attribution_description: English: Bruce Degen posing in front of two of his original pieces of art that are on display in the Mazza Museum.
context_page_description: Bruce Degen is an American illustrator and writer with over forty children's books to his credit.
  He may be known best for illustrating the series The Magic School Bus written by Joanna Cole. He has collaborated with writers Nancy White Carlstrom, on the Jesse Bear books, and Jane Yolen, on the Commander Toad series. Degen has authored Jamberry, Daddy Is a Doodlebug, and Shirley's Wonderful Baby.
  He was encouraged by an elementary school teacher to become an illustrator, and pursue his primary love for art found in children’s books. Humor is one of his key values, as expressed by a quote comparing children's illustration to traditional fine arts: "You don't see many people walking around a gallery are chuckling. And I realized that I wanted a chuckle."
  His career has included such diverse activities as advertising design, teaching art to students, teaching children's book illustration to adults, painting scenery for opera productions, and running a lithography studio in Israel. Degen lives in Connecticut.
context_section_description: Jamberry (1983)
  The Magic School Bus series (1986–2006)
  Daddy Is a Doodlebug (2002) ISBN 0-06-443578-4
  Commander Toad series (1980–1987)
  Shirley's Wonderful Baby (2002)
caption: Bruce Degen poses in front of two pieces of his original artwork that are on display in the Mazza Museum.
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