Jay Williams
Author
Series
Publisher
Whittlesey House
Pub. Date
[1956]
Description
Through a mishap in Professor Bulfinch's laboratory, Danny accidentally creates an anti-gravity paint. The natural use, of course, is for a spaceship -- the paint can replace rockets to get the ship into space. Unfortunately, the spaceship is launched prematurely after Danny and Joe follow Professor Bulfinch and Dr. Grimes on a tour of the ship. A mechanical failure dooms the four to a one-way trip out of the Solar System -- unless they can repair...
Author
Series
Danny Dunn volume 2
Publisher
Wildside Press
Pub. Date
1979
Description
Danny, Professor Bullfinch, Dr. Grimes and Joe wreck their plane on a desert island, and in twentieth-century Robinson Crusoe style survive ten adventurous days.
"I challenge you to a duel of desert islands!" Dr. Grimes cries, when Professor Bulfinch accuses him of not being practical. Grimes plans to go ashore on an uninhabited desert island, and the Professor on another. After a month they will see who has survived the best!Danny and his best friend...
Author
Series
Publisher
Wildside Press LLC
Pub. Date
©1958
Description
"Danny uses a computer that Professor Bullfinch created for NASA to prepare his homework, despite Professor Bullfinch’s warning that Danny is to leave the machine alone. With his friend Joe Pearson and his new neighbor, Irene Miller, Danny has some success with the machine before it is sabotaged. Danny must figure out what is wrong with the machine and correct the problem. But by then Danny’s teacher knows about the professor’s computer, and...
9) Petronella
Author
Publisher
Parents' Magazine Press
Pub. Date
[1973]
Description
Determined not to be outdone by her brothers in seeking a fortune in the world, a young princess sets out to find a prince to rescue.