Robots
Ben's Robot
"Seven-year-old Ben loves pretending to be a robot, but his best friend Jessy is tired of being ordered to oil his knee joints and check his batteries. She says the robot game is boring and runs off to play with someone else. So Ben decides to build a real robot instead. He's built all kinds of things before: wind generators, solar-powered marble l …
Down the Chimney With Googol and Googolplex
Googol and Googolplex are on a mission to learn about Earth by collecting a number of items including a blackbird's song, snowballs and a chocolate bar. Pippa and Troy are happy to help, especially when they get to ride to the North Pole in a spaceship. But when they return, Martin, the bully next-door, sees something that he shouldn't.
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Troy laughs. "The North Pole is a long way from here."
"Our spaceship is very fast!" Googol says.
Troy's eyes light up. "You have a spaceship?"
"It's on the roof of your house," Googolplex says.
Troy looks at Pippa. "We could go with them if they promise to have us back before dinner."
Down the Chimney with Googol and Googolplex
"Googol and Googolplex are on a mission to learn about Earth by collecting a number of items including a blackbirdís song, snowballs and a chocolate bar. Pippa and Troy are happy to help, especially when they get to ride to the North Pole in a spaceship. But when they return, Martin, the bully next-door, sees something that he shouldn't."
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Mechanimals
"When a tornado leaves a farmer with a heap of scrap metal and no animals, his neighbors are sure it's all over for him. But the determined farmer refuses to admit defeat. His plans are big, and when his neighbors dismiss them with the words, ""When pigs fly,"" they grow bigger still. The farmer sets to work to turn that scrap metal into some rathe …
