A boy gets buried in dirty laundry and pulled into time travel shenanigans after his momâs latest experiment in this first book in the My Mad Scientist Mom chapter book series from acclaimed author-illustrator Jarrett Lerner.
Ariâs life is filled with school, video games, and his pet turtle, Fred: pretty run-of-the mill stuff. But not anywhere near run-of-the-mill is Ariâs mom, whoâs a mad scientist. Thatâs right, a MAD scientist. Sure, she strives to make peopleâs lives better with her inventions, especially at home. But all of Momâs inventions seem to go just the slightest bit off kilter. And when she devises a time portal to help deal with the massive mounds of dirty laundry that have taken over their house, she creates a MUCH bigger problem than just stinky clothes, and itâs up to Ari to get them out of a prehistoric mess.