Lunch Walks Among Us
By (Author) Jim Benton
Illustrated by Jim Benton
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Simon & Schuster
Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers
1st November 2004
Reprint
United States
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage personal and social topics: Friends and friendships
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Humorous stories
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Fantasy
Childrens / Teenage fiction: School stories
Childrens / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction
FIC
Paperback
112
Width 130mm, Height 194mm, Spine 8mm
84g
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
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.
Jim Benton is theNew York Timesbestselling writer of the Dear Dumb Diary series and a 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 hes 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.