Jim Benton

The new kid at school, Franny approaches making friends as an exciting science project. After taking careful notes, she brews a potion that changes her into a perfect girl....

Franny K. Stein isn't a fan of glamour. She doesn't style her hair and the thought of makeup makes her want to gag. But sometimes Franny wonders if her mom wishes she were different. What if she can turn the beauty products her mom loves into something more exciting? Hear what happens....

Franny K. Stein isn't a good baker. But when she sees that the fundraisers for the art and music departments at her school aren't making enough money, she decides to take matters into her own hands....

In this episode of Jim Benton’s New York Times best-selling series, the classmates of Franny K. Stein show no appreciation for her passion—mad science....

In this seventh madcap entry from Jim Benton’s New York Times best-selling series, pint-sized Franny K. Stein has the perfect solution for getting elected class president the mad science way....

Pint-sized mad scientist Franny K. Stein dreams up a time-reversing cake plate that lets her “have her cake and eat it too"...

Victor Shmud has been many things: knuckle doctor, a hunter of ghost bears, a tattoo artist, the guy at the restaurant who puts the sugar in those little envelopes, a computer scientist....

Mad scientist Franny K. Stein thinks her new canine lab assistant Igor is useless, ordering him to keep his paws off everything in her bustling laboratory....

In this sixth entry in Jim Benton’s New York Times best-selling series, pint-sized Franny K. Stein dreams up a zany cure for having too much to do....

In this madcap episode of Jim Benton’s best-selling series, Franny K. Stein must find and disarm her Doomsday Device before it blows up half the world....

There's nothing Jake likes more than some good trash-picking, so when his neighbors move out and leave a promising-looking pile of household refuse on the curb, he goes right for it....