This short and fun story with whimsical black & white illustrations by the author is a great find for kids who have a taste for the gooey part of science, monsters and unusual pets. But when a Pumpkin-Crab MonsterĬomes out of a school trash can and kidnaps the teacher, Franny has to choose between saving the day using her mad scientist Immediate effect, and the kids seem to like her now. Based on her conclusions, Franny creates a potion to transforms herself into a nice-looking girl, modifies her head-biting doll into a glittery beauty and gets a squashy white bread sandwich for lunch, just like all the other kids. New teacher likes her and gives her a good advice: think of making friends as an experiment!Įxcited about the experiment, Franny makes her observations of the other kids (dolls they play with, lunch they eat, etc.) and analyses the data collected. Makes Franny sad, as she really wants them to be her friends.

Schools, her new classmates are afraid of her weird style and behavior. Cupid (2003) The Invisible Fran (2004) The Fran That Time Forgot (2005) Frantastic Voyage (2005). In addition, she has a giant tarantula, a snake, a flying piranha and several bats as her pets. Lunch Walks Among Us (2003) Attack of the 50-ft. Her room is filled with steaming test tubes, strange bubbling beakers and a bunch of crackling electrical gizmos that Franny had made by herself. Download or stream Lunch Walks Among Us by Jim Benton, Michele Medlin for free on hoopla. It also raises such important topics for kids as being yourself and accepting other people’s differences.įranny is an original main character, who loves the gooey part of science and all things that are dark, and creepy, and spooky. Stein, Mad Scientist” chapter book series by Jim Benton, it manages to combine a really quirky main character and the scientific method. I didn’t expect “ Lunch Walks Among Us” to be such a fun story! Being the first book in the “Franny K. Whether it’s her mad-scientist glare, her preference for gourmet lunches, or her love of bats, Franny has trouble making friends, until her teacher suggests that she approach it as another science experiment.

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers An anything-but-subtle tale about learning to get along with others, infused with bathroom humor and featuring a pint-sized Morticia Addams as main character.

+ 1 book (102 pages, illustrations, c.2003).ġ online resource (1 audio file (29 min.)) : digital. 1 audio disc (30 min.) : digital 4 3/4 in.

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