Jesse Steam Mysteries: The Conundrum of the Crooked Crayon
Table of Contents Cast of Characters Meet Jesse Mr Stubbs The Gang 4 Town Map Find Your Way Around Deanville 6 Chapter 1 Sunshine on My Shoulders Makes Me Happy 8 Chapter 2 Look Out Dougy’s Gonna Barf 14 Chapter 3 I Scream You Scream You Know the Rest 22 Chapter 4 Here Comes the Sun 30 Chapter 5 Ducks and Rockets and Farting Bananas 36 Chapter 6 Chocolate Chips as Big as Soccer Balls 42 Chapter 7 A Mystery Unfolds 48 Chapter 8 The Mystery Is Magnified 56 Jesse’s Word List 62 Makerspace Activity Try It Out 64
Cast of Characters Jesse Steam Amateur sleuth and all-around neat kid Jesse loves riding her bike solving mysteries and most of all Mr Stubbs Jesse is never without her messenger bag and the cool stuff it holds Mr Stubbs A cat with an attitude he’s the coolest tabby cat in Deanville Stubbs was a stray cat who strayed right into Jesse’s heart Can you fi gure out how he got his name Professor Peach A retired university professor Professor Peach knows tons of cool stuff and is somewhat of a legend in Deanville He has college degrees in Science Technology Engineering Art and Math Emmett Professor Peach’s ever-present pet white lab rat He loves cheese balls and wherever you fi nd The Professor you’re sure to fi nd Emmett even though he might be diffi cult to spot Clark Lewis Jesse’s next-door neighbor and sometimes formidable adversary Clark Johnson and his slippery slimy gross-looking pet frog Lewis Yuck 4
Dorky Dougy Clark Johnson’s three-year-old tag-along baby brother Dougy is never without his stuff ed alligator a rubber knife and something really goofy to say like eleventy-seven Kimmy Kat Black Holder of the Deanville Elementary School Long Jump Record know-it-all and self-proclaimed future member of Mensa Kimmy Kat Black lives near the Spooky Tree Liam LePoole A black belt in karate and also the captain of the Deanville Community Swimming Pool Cannonball Team Liam’s best friend is Chompy Dog his stinky gassy and frenzied brown Puggle Chompy Dog Liam LePoole’s very best friend Chompy Dog is Liam’s stinky gassy and frenzied brown Puggle puppy His toots and his breath can clear a room in 6 2 seconds Miss Teal The town of Deanville’s resident hippy Miss Teal is the ice cream truck proprietor and purveyor of frozen concoctions of all shapes and sizes 5
