J. C. Greenburg - With the Dinosaurs

Andrew is ten years old, but hes been inventing things since he was four. Andrews inventions usually get him into trouble, like the time he shrunk himself, his cousin Judy, and his little silver robot Thudd smaller than a beetles brain.

Today a problem with a snack has sent Andrew traveling through time. Hes landed 65 million years agothe age of dinosaurs!

Judy is Andrews thirteen-year-old cousin. At nine oclock, she got into her pajamas in a cabin in Montana. A few hours later, she was staring into the eyes of a humongous Alamosaurus. According to Judy, its all Andrews fault.

The Handy Ultra-Digital Detective. Thudd is a super-smart robot and Andrews best friend. He has helped to save Andrew and Judy from deadly octopuses, killer jellyfish, and the giant squid. But can he save them from being eaten by a Tyrannosaurus?

Andrew and Judys uncle is a top-secret scientist. He invented Thudd and the Time-A-Tron time-travel machine. But before he finished the Time-A-Tron, he was kidnapped and hidden in one of Earths ice ages! Will Andrew and Judy be able to find him?

It looks like a giant cooking timer, but its really a time-travel machine. Too bad Uncle Al got kidnapped before he could make sure it worked!

The mysterious Doctor Kron-Tox invented a time machine, toothe Tick-Tox Box. Hes used it to kidnap Uncle Al and his partner, Winka Wilde. But why?

Andrew and Judy found nine-year-old Beeper 360 million years ago. He likes to collect dog-sized scorpions and six-foot centipedes, andoh yeshes Doctor Kron-Toxs nephew. Other than that, hes not a bad kid.

Wowzers schnauzers! shouted ten-year-old Andrew Dubble. Huge eyes were staring at him through the dome of the Time-A-Tron time-travel vehicle. I think its a brontosaur!

The Time-A-Tron had landed in a forest 65 million years ago. It had also landed on the long, thick, scaly tail of a humongous dinosaur!

The dark reptile eyes staring in at Andrew did not look pleased.

Judy, Andrews thirteen-year-old cousin, leaned forward in her seat. Cheese Louise! she said. Its neck is as long as a bus!

Thats no brontosaur, said Beeper Jones. Beeper was a nine-year-old boy they had rescued 300 million years ago.

Beeper pointed a gadget that looked like a remote control at the long-necked creature.

ping ping ping

The DNA Detector says its an Alamosaurus, said Beeper.

meep Alamosaurus look like brontosaur, squeaked a voice from Andrews pocket. It was Thudd, Andrews little silver robot and best friend. Long as two school buses. Weigh as much as forty cars.

Thudd pointed to a picture of an Alamosaurus on his face screen.

bong Brontosaurs are not alive now, said the echoey voice of the Time-A-Tron. They have been extinct for eighty million years.

The Alamosaurus opened its mouth. Inside were short, stumpy teeth.

It looks angry enough to eat us, said Judy.

meep Alamosaurus is plant-eater, said Thudd. Use teeth to grab leaves, not chew. Got stones inside stomach to grind up food.

Suddenly the Alamosaurus smacked its tail on the ground. The Time-A-Tron flipped into the air like a pancake!

The Time-A-Tron came down on its side, whammed into a tree, and rolled downhill.

Yerggghhh! yelled Andrew.

Burf! said Judy.

Whoopee! yelled Beeper from the backseat. This is more fun than a roller coaster. Its our own dino coaster!

Andrew smiled.

The Time-A-Tron slammed into a small hill.

Andrew, Judy, and Beeper stayed in their seats until they stopped feeling dizzy. Then Andrew unbuckled his seat belt.

Wed better get out and start looking for Professor Wilde, he said.

Earlier, the DNA Detector had detected a human. There werent supposed to be any humans on Earth now. But Professor Winka Wilde had been kidnapped by Beepers uncle, the evil Doctor Kron-Tox, and hidden in time. If there was a human here, it had to be her.