Ages- 7+ years old

All the girls agreed that they enjoyed the book. Here are some comments from the girls:
1) What was their favorite part of the book: Maddie & Stephanie – the poems; Dani & Rebecca – Igor making heart stamps with his nose; Anna – Cupid drinking the milk from the cow; Emily – Cupid’s butt and Carmen – when the machine made Cupid big. 2) If you were a Mad Scientist, what would you invent? : Maddie would invent a robot to clean her house; Dani would invent a robot that looks like her; Rebecca would invent a robot that would go to school for her and do her homework; Stephanie & Emily would invent a robot that would do all their chores; Anna would invent a endless doughnut machine (she loves doughnuts); Carmen would invent a machine that will make all her wishes come true. ( )

An amusing story about Franny K. Stein who inadvertently brings to life a gigantic cupid and must take it upon herself to fix the problem. It's great seeing a female character that is not only mildly crazy, but also a genius. (a la Dexter's laboratory)

Franny told her told her dog Igor that he couldn’t touch anything in her lab if he was going to be the assistant. Valentine’s Day was coming up and Franny’s teacher told her to draw a cupid. Igor wanted his ball off of Franny’s desk and he tried to get it with his nose but he dropped the ball and it activated Franny’s Manifester which turned the picture of the cupid into a live 50 ft. cupid. When Franny woke up she was mad at Igor so she used the Manifester and made herself 50 ft. tall to try and stop the cupid. To make the cupid smaller, Franny gave him milk. Then she and Igor went around putting things back together that the Cupid had destroyed. They sewed the house back together. Instead of drawing a cupid for her teacher, Franny used the Manifester to make a big chocolate-covered cherry for her. ( )

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