Attack of the 50-Ft. Cupid

Attack of the 50-Ft. Cupid
Author: Jim Benton
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 67
Release: 2013-04-30
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1442495170

Franny’s mom says every mad scientist needs a lab assistant. So for Valentine’s Day Franny gets just that—a Lab assistant. Except Igor isn’t a pure Lab. He’s also part poodle, part Chihuahua, part beagle, part spaniel, part shepherd—and all thumbs. Franny is fuming. She doesn’t even need an assistant. What’s she supposed to do with a good-for-nothing one like Igor? And things get even worse when a giant, fifty-foot, arrow-shooting cupid starts causing trouble all over town. Franny knows it’s up to her—and only her— to save the day. Or could she use a little help?

Lunch Walks Among Us

Lunch Walks Among Us
Author: Jim Benton
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 101
Release: 2013-04-30
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1442495162

Franny K. Stein is not your average girl—she’s a mad scientist. She prefers poison ivy to daisies, and when Franny jumps rope, she uses her pet snake. The kids in Franny’s class think she’s weird, wacky, and just plain creepy. Tired of being stared at, Franny decides to attempt her most dangerous experiment yet—she’s going to fit in. But when a giant Monstrous Fiend attacks the class, everyone knows only a true mad scientist can save the day. But has Franny lost her creepy, crawly ways?

The Fran That Time Forgot

The Fran That Time Forgot
Author: Jim Benton
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 120
Release: 2005-03
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0689862946

It's time...for a change!

The Invisible Fran

The Invisible Fran
Author: Jim Benton
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 120
Release: 2004-09
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0689862938

Two heads...Are dumber than one.

Frantastic Voyage

Frantastic Voyage
Author: Jim Benton
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 120
Release: 2006
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1416902295

Franny's faithful lab assistant, Igor, has swallowed a doomsday device that is ready to go off at any moment! For any regular scientist, there is only one way to get the device out -- um...make that two ways. But Franny K. Stein is no ordinary scientist, so she concocts her own way to get the device back and save her friend. With her miniaturization machine, Franny shrinks herself to the size of a pin and goes on a field trip like no other...through the body of a ticking time-dog! Fasten your seatbelts, it's going to be a bumpy ride!

Bad Hair Day

Bad Hair Day
Author: Jim Benton
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 112
Release: 2019-07-23
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1534413375

Franny K. Stein is back with another laugh-out-loud experimental adventure in the eighth book in the Mad Scientist series from Jim Benton, the New York Times bestselling author-illustrator of Dear Dumb Diary and Happy Bunny. Franny K. Stein isn’t a fan of glamour. She doesn’t style her hair, the thought of wearing makeup makes her want to gag, and she couldn’t care less about wearing dressy dresses when she’d much prefer her lab coat. But sometimes Franny wonders if her mom wishes she were different. Which gives Franny an idea…for an experiment! What if she can turn the beauty products her mom loves into something more exciting? Every experiment has its experimental error, and when Franny’s hair takes on a life of its own, Franny must save the day (and her hair) to finally realize her mom loves her just the way she is.

Mood Science

Mood Science
Author: Jim Benton
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2021-08-31
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1534413456

Fans of Goosebumps and Bill Nye the Science Guy will fall head over heels for Franny K. Stein, who is back with another laugh-out-loud experimental adventure in the tenth book in the Mad Scientist series. Franny K. Stein has had quite enough of her feelings getting in the way. So she physically removes them with the help of one of her machines. But it turns out that not having feelings can make things even worse, especially when you’ve accidentally released a virus that’s turning everybody into toads. Good thing she has the help of her grandma, Granny Fran, and her Sense of Duty to help her shake the apathy.

On the Nature of Things

On the Nature of Things
Author: Titus Lucretius Carus
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 262
Release: 2004-01-01
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9780486434469

The Roman philosopher's didactic poem in 6 parts, De Rerum Natura — On the Nature of Things — theorizes that natural causes are the forces behind earthly phenomena and dismisses divine intervention. Derived from the philosophical materialism of the Greeks, Lucretius' work remains the primary source for contemporary knowledge of Epicurean thought.

Interview with the Vampire

Interview with the Vampire
Author: Anne Rice
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Total Pages: 369
Release: 1991-09-13
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0345337662

The spellbinding classic that started it all, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author—the inspiration for the hit television series “A magnificent, compulsively readable thriller . . . Rice begins where Bram Stoker and the Hollywood versions leave off and penetrates directly to the true fascination of the myth—the education of the vampire.”—Chicago Tribune Here are the confessions of a vampire. Hypnotic, shocking, and chillingly sensual, this is a novel of mesmerizing beauty and astonishing force—a story of danger and flight, of love and loss, of suspense and resolution, and of the extraordinary power of the senses. It is a novel only Anne Rice could write.