Ada Magnífica y los pantalones peligrosos / Ada Twist and the Perilous Pants (Los Preguntones / The Questioneers, #2)
by Andrea Beaty and David Roberts
¡Bestseller del New York Times! Una serie original de Netflix, ganadora de un Emmy como Serie Animada Preescolar. Continúan las aventuras de los Preguntones: Rosa Pionera, Ada Magnífica y Pedro Perfecto. En esta segunda entrega, Ada Magnífica deberá confiar en su mente curiosa y en sus amigos, Rosa y Pedro, para resolver un misterio en su propio vecindario. Ada Magnífica es la reina de las preguntas. Científica de corazón, Ada pregunta por qué una y otra vez. Una pregunta siempre lleva a...
Slugs Invade the Jam Factory (An Alien in the Jam Factory)
by Chrissie Sains
Join inventor Scooter and his alien sidekick, Fizzbee, on their third adventure! For the first time ever, Scooter has NO ideas. How on earth can they save the jam factory from a slimy slug invasion?Scooter, Fizzbee and Cat have turned McLays jam factory into a tropical jam-making paradise. Delicious! There's just one problem. SLUGS. Slithering everywhere, eating all the fruit, and in danger of causing the factory to fail its hygiene inspection. Scooter has to think of a way to get them out, pron...
Ada Twist and the Perilous Pants: The Questioneers Book #2 (The Questioneers)
by Andrea Beaty
Ada Twist is full of questions. A scientist to her very core, Ada asks why again and again. One question always leads to another until she’s off on a journey of discovery! When Rosie Revere’s Uncle Ned gets a little carried away wearing his famous helium pants, it’s up to Ada and friends to chase him down. As Uncle Ned floats farther and farther away, Ada starts asking lots of questions: How high can a balloon float? Is it possible for Uncle Ned to float into outer space? And what’s the best pla...
Nick and Tesla's Super-Cyborg Gadget Glove (Nick and Tesla, #4)
by Steve Hockensmith and Bob Pflugfelder
Bright siblings-and amateur inventors-Nick and Tesla Holt are back in this fourth instalment. With the mystery of the spy's identity solved, the kids face a whole new crop of questions about their parents' mysterious disappearance. To unravel the mystery, they'll have to come up with all-new cyborg gadgets together with their zany scientist Uncle Newt and their friends Silas and DeMarco.
Nick and Tesla's Special Effects Spectacular (Nick and Tesla, #5)
by Steve Hockensmith and Bob Pflugfelder
Another whiz-bang mystery in the popular Nick and Tesla series, featuring a new case to crack and all-new gadgets that kids can build themselves! Bright siblings and amateur inventors Nick and Tesla Holt are back in this fifth instalment. Fresh off their last case at the museum, the kids are in for a whole new mystery to solve, and they can only do it with their do-it-yourself detective gadgets-plus their zany scientist Uncle Newt and their friends Silas and DeMarco. This time, a Hollywood movi...
I Can Build It!: An Acorn Book (Princess Truly #3) (Princess Truly, #3)
by Kelly Greenawalt
The Awesome, Impossible, Unstoppable Gadget
by Kevin Kelly and Rebecca Kelly
Trixie O'Toole is superexcited to be at Camp Create, where she can invent whatever she likes. But when a boy nicknamed "Professor" von Junk gets all the attention, Trixie feels left out-and yet she persisted in following her own inspiration. When von Junk's Invention Inventor goes out of control, everyone is horrified. Turns out they forgot to make an "off" switch! Luckily Trixie's invention is sufficiently awesome, impossible, and unstoppable to save the day. This rhyming story with beauti...
Pete the Cat and the Wright Brothers (I Can Read Level 1)
by James Dean and Kimberly Dean
Challenged by a secret society of metalworkers, Eden must do all she can to save the only family she has left in this fantasy adventure. When Eden Smith moves into the beautiful and bizarre old mansion housing her grandfather, she discovers a strange society of elderly metalworkers whose mastery verges on the magical. Deadly mechanical birds, a cavernous chamber full of dirty dishes, a highly dangerous game of Machinist BINGO–life at the guild is not only strange, it’s also dangerous. Eden’s g...
Sophie must play the role of the Clockwork Queen in order to free her father in this page-turning historical adventure from Cogheart author Peter Bunzl. Chess prodigy Sophie Peshka inherited her love of the game from her grandmaster father. But now that he has been imprisoned in the dungeons of the Winter Palace in St Petersburg by powerful Empress Catherine the Great, Sophie must use all her strategic skill and cunning to help him escape. Part of Sophie’s plan involves an in...
Nikki Tesla and the Ferret-Proof Death Ray (Elements of Genius, #1)
by Jess Keating
Fovea Munson is nobody's Igor. True, her parents own a cadaver lab where they perform surgeries on dead bodies. And yes, that makes her gross by association, at least according to everyone in seventh grade. And sure, Fovea's stuck working at the lab now that her summer camp plans have fallen through. But she is by no means Dr. Frankenstein's snuffling assistant!
Frankie Fish and the Knights of Kerfuffle (Frankie Fish, #6)
by Peter Helliar
From Australia’s favourite comedian and beloved children’s author Peter Helliar comes the final adventure in his bestselling Frankie Fish series. When Frankie and his best friend Drew head back to the Middle Ages for one last trip with the Sonic Suitcase, they’re in for some strange surprises. What kind of knight rides a pig into battle? Who’s the mysterious stranger who turns up right when Frankie’s in serious trouble? And what could possibly make Drew want to stay in the Middle Ages forever?...
Captain Barnaby's Helicopter School For Bears (Captain Barnaby's Helicopter Bears, #1)
by Randy Mains
IMPOSSIBLE! When De Witt Clinton, a young politician, first dreams of building a canal to connect the Hudson River with the Great Lakes, folks don't believe such a thing can be done. But eight long years after the first shovelful of earth is dug, Clinton realizes his vision at last. The longest uninterrupted canal in history has been built, and it is now possible to travel by water from the American prairie all the way to Europe! Join Cheryl Harness on a fascinating and fun-filled trip as sh...
Lift off in the hilarious edge-of-your-seat adventure series that is a home alone story with a difference! Written by the inimitable Larry Hayes and hilariously illustrated by Katie Abey, this is the perfect read for fans of David Solomons, Tom Gates and Back to the Future! Fresh from saving their parents from the jaws of frenzied billionaire Mr Noah, ten-year-old Eliza and her genius little brother, Johnnie, are called upon once again. Their parents have disappeared into thin air and it’s up...