Mad Scientist Academy: The Weather Disaster - Hardcover

McElligott, Matthew

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0553523767 ISBN 13: 9780553523768

Publisher: Crown Books for Young Readers, 2016

Synopsis

Fans of Ada Twist, Scientist, will want to join Dr. Cosmic’s class of clever monsters as they face down snow, floods, and a dangerous thunderstorm when freak weather conditions threaten the school in the second book of the Mad Scientist Academy series.
 
Dr. Cosmic can’t wait to introduce the students to his latest invention, the CHAOS machine, designed to keep the school at the right temperature for learning. But when the machine starts to malfunction, causing extreme weather conditions, the students must use their upgraded handbooks to stop CHAOS before it destroys the entire school!
 
Join Dr. Cosmic’s clever class of monsters as they solve the greatest challenges in science, in this blend of adventure and exploration, perfect for Common Core and STEM.

"With outlandish situations rendering scientific concepts memorable, McElligott has concocted a winning formula for learning as entertainment."--Kirkus Reviews

"Science fans and comics enthusiasts will dive right into this . . . There's enough fun here for anyone." —School Library Journal

"Engaging and educational." —Booklist

"No need for MSA kids to take a field trip: what could be more interesting than school?" —The Bulletin

About this title

About the Author:

Matthew McElligott is the author of many books for children, including Mad Scientist Academy: The Dinosaur Disaster, Even Monsters Need Haircuts, and the Benjamin Franklinstein series. Like a cumulonimbus cloud, he is associated with hot air, gray skies, and raining on parades. In spite of this, a beautiful woman named Christy married him and now helps him with all his books. You can visit him at matthewmcelligott.com and madscientistbooks.com.

From School Library Journal:

K-Gr 4—Dr. Cosmic and his Mad Scientist Academy students are back for a second outing that is truly out there. The green-faced, wild-haired Dr. Cosmic has invented a wearable weather balloon and a CHAOS (Cooling/Heating Airflow Operating System) machine and is unnervingly optimistic about their success. As will no doubt be the pattern throughout the series, the students must absorb a crash course in this curriculum so that they can save both the professor and the day. Even adults reading the book aloud at school or at home will learn a few things. The colorful comic strip format is varied and dramatic. Not all readers will linger over the occasional info-packed box ("The Water Cycle," "Types of Precipitation," etc.), but the facts are made optimally interesting through dramatic and funny illustrations. Drama, humor, color, and format are indeed the main elements that make this and the previous volume so enticing—along with the occasional "KABOOM!" and "KA-BAM!" VERDICT Science fans and comics enthusiasts will dive right into this, but don't deprive other readers; there's enough fun here for anyone.—Susan Weitz, formerly at Spencer-Van Etten School District, Spencer, NY

About this edition

• Publisher: Crown Books for Young Readers
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0553523767
• ISBN 13: 9780553523768
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 40