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The Trouble With Time Travel
Written by: Stephen Martin
Illustrated by: Cornelia Li
"Max and her dog Boomer accidentally break a vase, a treasured family heirloom. Instead of doing the right thing and telling someone about the accident they decide to do the next best thing and build a time machine. What could possibly go wrong? 

Written and Illustrated by: Laperal
After an evil villain turned the handsome crime fighter Super Max into Super Potato, our hero got used to life as a tiny tuber. He even threw out his expensive shampoos. But when friendly scientists offer Super Potato a trip back in time, he can't resist. It's a chance to stop his transformation from ever happening!

Written and Illustrated by: Jared Chapman
When their time machine lands the two hungry Tyrannosaurus rex in the Nile River, King Tut mistakes them for the Egyptian god Sobek and invites them to a feast-but when the aliens working on a mysterious "triangle project" expose them as dinosaurs they once again flee in their time machine with no idea where they will land next.

Written by: Peter Lerangis
Ever since Corey Fletcher found out that he's the world's first "throwback," with the power to not only visit history, but change it, he's been spending as much time in the past as possible. Corey loves using his skills to fix problems and help his friends and family. But as Corey becomes more and more addicted to rewriting history, he learns that time travel might change him in ways he may never be able to reverse.

Written by: SJ King
"In the Secret Explorers and the Tomb Robbers, Gustavo (history expert) and Kiki (engineering expert) are sent the mission of stopping the Cairo Museum from closing down. They travel back in time to Ancient Egypt and are soon drawn into a tense thrilling adventure that involves breaking into pyramids, learning ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics, and stopping thieves hoping to rob all the treasure from the Pharaoh's tomb".

Written by: Henry Clark
Twelve-year-olds Ambrose, Tom, and Frankie are transported to the boys' hometown of Freedom Falls, Ohio, in 1852 when Frankie blows her Romani family's magical trombone. To return home they have a guide in the helpful hints embedded in an ancient Chinese text called the I-Ching, which they interpret using Morse code. But how can a three-thousand-year-old book be sending messages into the future through a code developed in the 1830's? Find out in this time-bending adventure! 

Based on the movie written by: Robert Zemeckis & Bob Gale
Illustrated by: Kim Smith
The biggest movie of 1985 is now a picture book illustrated by Kim Smith. This picture book captures all the classic moments of the film. Follow teenage Marty McFly as he travels from 1985 to 1955, meets his parents (as teenagers), and teaches his father how to stand up to bullies.

Written by: Mickey Rapkin
Illustrated by: Teresa Martinez
While a boy tries to face his bedtime fears, his stuffed rabbit, Floppy, tells a secret about his bed, which soon takes them to a play date with a dinosaur.


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