New Releases by Jim Benton

Jamie Kelly looks back through her very oldest diaries, and is amazed at how dumb she used to be considering how smart she is now.

Determined to be elected class president, mad scientist Frannie K. Stein uses her Atomic Combiner to create a suit that makes her seem to be whatever a voter wants her to be, but the suit has plans of its own.

Franny K. Stein, Mad Scientist, has always had her eye on world domination, but she has to start somewhere...like her class elections! If people voted for her, they were giving her all the control she wanted. But Franny''s platform doesn''t have the same appeal as her competitors who are offering new playground equipment, so she finds another platform...The Frandidate. Made of DNA samples from a dog, a chameleon and a parrot, along with a scrap of carpet (so she''ll know where people stand), Franny creates the perfect candidate who says and does exactly what people want to hear! But soon her suit starts making promises she knows she won''t be able to keep and Franny realizes she might have gone too far. The Frandidate will give you everything you want, science, humor and some old fashioned politics!

In her diary, middle school student Jamie Kelly describes her life at home and at school, including her attempts to triumph over her nemesis, the beautiful and popular Angeline.

Jamie Kelly writes in her diary about her new jeans, which seemingly cause events that affect both her popularity and her efforts to get close to the eighth cutest boy in school, Hudson Rivers.

Isabella is probably right. She almost always is. But of all the dumb things she''s ever done, this has got to be the dumbest.

If you''re looking for love, chances are It''s Happy Bunny Love and Revenge Voodoo Kit is ready to offer romantic guidance and laughs in the form of a three-inch plush, two-sided, It''s Happy Bunny voodoo doll, complete with four pushpins and a 32-page love- and revenge-themed booklet.Author''s web site: www.jimbenton.com © Jim Benton

Franny K. Stein fans are urged to watch out for creepy-crawly creative crafts, alarming activities, and ridiculous riddles, in this fun activity book that comes with a page of warped window clings. Illustrations. Consumable.

Filled with activities, crafts, puzzles, and games that test the boundaries of reality, this fun book also comes with a page of twisted tattoos. Illustrations. Consumable.

Jamie Kelly shares with her diary her excitement about the fact that students from Wodehouse Middle School will be going to Mackerel Middle School temporarily.

It''s Happy Bunny presents the ideal make-your-own valentine book for those who are sick of the sickeningly sweet. With this cool new valentine book, youngsters can tear out the perforated cards, decorate them with stickers, and send them off to that special someone. Full color. Consumable.

"Jim Benton''s tales from Mackerel Middle School."

Jamie Kelly shares with her diary her excitement about the fact that students from Wodehouse Middle School will be going to Mackerel Middle School temporarily.

Franny K. Stein jumps into action as a mad scientist when Igor swallows the doomsday device.

Like a light shining through the darkness comes a particularly snarky guide that can truly illuminate the differences between right and wrong, good and evil, just and unjust, hot and gross--all handled the It''s Happy Bunny way. Full color.

When her dog Igor swallows her Doomsday Device, Franny has no choice but to shrink herself and go where no mad scientist has gone before to save the world.

Dear Dumb Diary.

Jamie Kelly shares with her diary her search for inner beauty, dealing with fund raising, and problems in Phys ed class.

Jamie Kelly writes in her diary about her new jeans, which seemingly cause events that affect both her popularity and her efforts to get close to the eighth cutest boy in school, Hudson Rivers.

Two heads...Are dumber than one.

Jim Benton''s tales from Mackerel Middle School.

Frannie tries to prevent chaos when her new lab assistant, Igor, a dog of many breeds, accidentally lets loose a giant, fifty-foot, arrow-shooting cupid.

In her diary, middle school student Jamie Kelly describes her life at home and at school, including her attempts to triumph over her nemesis, the beautiful and popular Angeline.

Jamie Kelly shares with her diary the story of her haunted jeans and their role in the fluctuating levels of popularity at Mackerel Middle School.

Frannie tries to prevent chaos when her new lab assistant, Igor, a dog of many breeds, accidentally releases a fifty-foot, arrow-shooting cupid.