The Fran That Time Forgot

This series is wonderful. My daughter is 8 and has read every book in this series so far. She can't wait for the next one. I highly recommend these books.

kids that like humor should read this book.she was not normal.she did not like her name.she liked to make 4 eyed elephants.she was good in the end. I am a 7 year old girl.

This is the first young chapter reader series I purchased for my 6 year old, and she loves it. The story is about Franny, a girl that is learning to adapt to other kids and their lifestyles. She is very awkward in the process, of course, as she is a mad scientist. Franny loves science, and underlying this story is the theme that it's ok for a girl to be a geek. Don't be worried about the "mad scientist" bit. Franny isn't evil. She is a dabbler, liking bats and boogers, bugs and inventions. The Franny series has captured my daughter's imagination. It is creative, unique, and something my daughter reads almost every night on her own. Franny has fueled my daughter's fire for reading. There are no real scary aspects to the story. The monsters are silly, like huge lunch meat sandwiches, or fifty foot cupids. If you are looking for a fascinating chapter book that captures your child's imagination, try Franny K Stein. My daughter wants more books! I have bought her the entire series, and she can't put them down. Her reading ability is growing in leaps and bounds!

I'm a 2nd grade teacher who firmly believes that as long as a child is reading a book, then that book is a good book! I don't care if it's Captain Underpants, The Day My Butt Went Psycho, or Charlotte's Web. The only way children are going to become good readers is by practicing reading. The best way to make a child a happy reader is to give that child a book he or she is happy to read. My son is going into second grade and is a relucant reader. He knows how to read, is good at it, but just doesn't want to do it. Jim Benton's Franny K. series is helping to change that. We just finished reading this entry, and my son was more than eager to help out with the reading so we could find out what happened next. The words might be a little difficult for most beginning readers, but the pictures are great, the chapters are short, and lots of funny things happen. I'll be using the Franny K. series in my classroom this year, and firmly believe it'll help lots of reluctant readers become better readers.

My boys love these books! Franny K Stein, Mad Scientist, is a bit of a social misfit and no one understands her and her mad scientist creations, except maybe her dog, part-lab assistant Igor. In this 4th entry, she travels back through time to correct the injustice of having been given an thoroughly inappropriate middle name, with predictably disastrous consequences. The entire series is wonderful, especially for those children who have an affinity for mayhem and destruction and somewhat sarcastic humor. The illustrations are a hoot, too.