Jon Scieszka

In his Grandpa Al's garage workshop, child genius Frank Einstein tries to invent a robot that can learn on its own, and after an accident brings wisecracking Klink and overly expressive Klank to life, they set about helping Frank perfect his Antimatter Motor until his archnemesis, T. Edison, steals the robots for his doomsday plan.

"Frank Einstein (kid-genius, scientist, and inventor) and his best friend, Watson, along with Klink (a self-assembled artificial-intelligence entity) and Klank (a mostly self-assembled and artificial almost intelligence entity), once again find themselves in competition with T. Edison, their classmate and archrival, this time studying the science and mysteries of the universe!"--

On a dark and stormy night, Melvin the truck rolls into a spooky junkyard to find a replacement for his flat tire.

The trucks speculate about what could be inside a beautifully wrapped gift box.

On a snow day, all the trucks go out to play.

Melvin the cement mixer worries when he cannot figure out who gave him a valentine.

Kat, who loves to make maps of all sorts of places and things, gives a special map to Jack.

Contemporary fables with tongue-in-cheek morals address such topics as homework, curfews, and television commercials.

While on a field trip to New York's Museum of Natural History, Joe, Sam, and Fred travel one hundred years into the future, where they encounter robots, anti-gravity disks, and their own grandchildren.