Doctor Proctor's Fart Powder

Illustrated by: Mike Lowery / Translated by: Tara F. Chace

For Ages: 8 - 12

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Nilly is new to the neighborhood, but is quick to make friends: Doctor Proctor, an eccentric professor; and Lisa, who is teased by the twin terrors Truls and Trym. Nilly and Lisa help Doctor Proctor develop his latest invention, a powder that makes you fart. The powder makes Nilly and Lisa VERY popular at school when they sell it for 50c a bag. And they get revenge on Truls and Trym by giving them an extra strength dose of fart powder that shoots them up into a tree. All is good farty fun. Until someone steals the industrial-strength fart powder -- that was supposed to make Doctor Proctor famous -- to use for evil purposes…

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Aladdin |
272 pages |
ISBN 9781439156063 |
December 2009 |
Grades 3 - 7 |
Lexile 830

$7.99 List Price

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The First Powder Test

“I’M DOCTOR PROCTOR,” the professor said at last. His accent was guttural, making his voice sound like a badly oiled lawnmower. “I’m a crazy professor. Well, almost, anyway.” He laughed a hearty, snorting sort of laugh and started watering his unmowed lawn with a green watering can.

Nilly, who was never one to say no to an interesting conversation, set down his trumpet, ran down his front steps and over to the fence, and asked, “And just what makes you so sure that you’re almost crazy, Mr. Proctor?”

“Doctor Proctor. Did you... see more