Lunch Walks Among Us (Franny K. Stein, Mad Scientist) [Paperback]

Jim Benton (Author, Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 10, 2004 | Age Level: 7 and up | Series: Franny K. Stein, Mad Scientist (Book 1)

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 it's up to a mad scientist to save the day. But has Franny lost her creepy, crawly ways?

Editorial Reviews

Review

National Enquirer Smart, confident, and totally PUNK!

Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books This has the glib, kid-appealing insouciance of Captain Underpants with an intelligence all its own.

About the Author

Jim Benton is a writer and cartoonist whose unique brand of humor

has been seen on toys, television, T-shirts, greeting cards, and even

underwear. Franny K. Stein is the first character he's created especially

for young children. A husband and father of two, he lives in Michigan,

where he works in a studio that really and truly does have creepy stuff

in it. Visit him at www.frannykstein.com.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 7 and up
  
• Paperback: 112 pages
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers (August 10, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0689862954
• ISBN-13: 978-0689862953
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5.2 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #34,300 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It's Okay to Be Different!, October 29, 2004

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Kelli Hanson "pathologicmd" (San Diego, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lunch Walks Among Us (Franny K. Stein, Mad Scientist) (Paperback)

I am so happy to have found this series of books for my 3rd grade son! We both loved this book. It is funny, with great illustrations. It also has a fabulous message! I highly recommend it for your school-age kids.

Franny K. Stein is an unusual little girl. Rather than dollies and horsies and flowers, Franny loves bats and tarantulas and poison ivy. Her lunches were a bit different too! But like other little girls, Franny needs friendship. In order to make friends, Franny experiments with being someone she is not (the stereotypical little girl), but is unhappy. When she is herself, she finds that her new friends like her just as well or better! In the end, we learn that even if friends don't always like the same things, they can still be friends.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Cute Start to An Enjoyable New Book Series for Young Readers, September 23, 2004

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Erika Sorocco (Southern California, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lunch Walks Among Us (Franny K. Stein, Mad Scientist) (Paperback)

Franny K. Stein isn't your normal little girl. She's a mad scientist. And a weird one at that. When she jump ropes she uses her pet snake, and as opposed to daisies, Franny likes to pick poison ivy. Everyone at school is afraid of Franny, for she's different than the rest of them, and they find that weird. So Franny decides to create an experiment that will change her from being the weird little girl who everyone stares at, to one who fits in. But then a Giant Monstrous Fiend attacks Franny's class, and she knows that she must convert back to being a mad scientist to save the day.

In this first book in the FRANNY K. STEIN: MAD SCIENTIST series we are introduced to a crazy, wacky young girl, who loves everything out of the ordinary. Her personality and quirks are unique, and her adventures are entertaining. Jim Benton has done a marvelous job in creating an enjoyable new book series for children, whose content and illustration will mesmerize even the most reluctant reader.

Erika Sorocco

Book Review Columnist for The Community Bugle Newspaper

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome book, July 20, 2006

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L. Wiggins (Murfreesboro, TN USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lunch Walks Among Us (Franny K. Stein, Mad Scientist) (Paperback)

The Franny K. series was just the thing to get my reluctant reader to jump into chapter books. She now reads them over and over, and can't wait for the next ones to come out....we have them all so far and her reading has improved tremendously! Thanks, Jim Benson, for a wonderful series that encourages kids to be their own unique selves!