Ein Stein: The Chipmunk Who Became an Engineer
Ein Stein, a most inquisitive chipmunk, is also a very frustrated chipmunk. He loves peanuts and there just happens to be a peanut farm just across the river from his home! Nuts! How can he get to it? The little chipmunk tries several different ways to cross the river. Ein uses a boat and a lily pad, but all of his attempts end in failure. Discouraged, he is about to give up, when his father tells him the story of Robert The Bruce, a Scottish king who watched a spider try and fail six times before it could weave its web. Encouraged by the story, Ein tries again. He engineers an overhead wire, similar to the one he uses to cross his busy street, as a bridge. But how can he get the wire bridge across the river? Ein is stumped. But just like Robert The Bruce, Ein decides to never give up. He too watches a spider spin its web, and is inspired by nature’s finest engineer. It is then that The Chipmunk Who Became an Engineer produces a step-by-step plan to cross the river. Will Project Peanuts succeed?
Ein Stein: The Chipmunk Who Succeeds by Brain Power
In the fourth book of the fun and educational children’s series, Ein Stein: The Chipmunk Who Succeeds by Brain Power, Ein is in love. Her name is Gertrude, not a very romantic name, but nevertheless, Ein thinks she is the most beautiful girl he has ever seen.
Sad to say, Ein finds she already has a boyfriend name Bozo. And he is BIG, with muscles bulging everywhere.
To compete for her favour, Ein must rely on his brains and simple machines. When Gertrude wants a tree stump lifted, Bozo is not strong enough but, with an inclined plane, Ein and Bozo are able to do it together. When a large branch falls on Gertrude’s home, Bozo is unable to lift it but, with a lever, Ein and Bozo remove it. Later, Ein and Bozo are able to construct a roof for Gertrude using homemade pulleys.
Unfortunately, at dinner, Ein hits Bozo in the nose with a pea when demonstrating a catapult. Find out Bozo’s reaction and who will be successful in the courtship of Gertrude!
Instructions for making a catapult with Popsicle sticks are included.
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The Chipmunk Detective and the Bully
Uncle Andy is back with his latest Ein Stein story, The Chipmunk Detective and the Bully. Ein Stein and his girlfriend, Gertrude, have many friends, including Hooty the owl, Orville the otter, Rick the raccoon and Hausenbergerdorff the beaver. But Ein’s best friend is Tim, another chipmunk. They get along well together and respect each other’s differences.
Unfortunately, Tim, whose tail fur was burned off in a fire, is targeted by a bully. Ein is outraged. Using footprints, fingerprints, a flaw in the bully’s messages, and his powers of observation and deduction, Ein tracks down the bully. He concocts a plan to stop the bully with the help of his friends.
Will Ein succeed and put an end to the bullying, which is a big problem for young people and chipmunks everywhere?
An experiment to detect whether your fingerprint is a whorl, a loop, or an arch is included in the appendix. This is the fifth book in the Ein Stein series.
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Author Bio
Andrew Graham Frame is a retired chemical engineer who encourages young people to explore science careers. He grew up in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, has two daughters, Sharon, a teacher/librarian, and Terri, a personal trainer. He now lives in Sarnia, Ontario, with his wife, Bernice. As Uncle Andy, he creates delightful characters that children can relate to and enjoy as they ponder problems. The author once stood up to a bully in his youth and they later became friends. His next book is a suspense novel.
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