Jesse Steam Mysteries: The Riddle of the Spinning Sycamore Seed
Table of Contents Cast of Characters Meet Jesse Mr Stubbs The Gang 4 Town Map Find Your Way Around Deanville 6 Chapter 1 Spring Has Sprung The Grass Has Riz I Wonder Where My New Kite is 8 Chapter 2 Everyone Knows It’s Windy 14 Chapter 3 What Goes Up Must Come Down Well Kinda 20 Chapter 4 Gumballs Rice Grains Pennies Popcorn 26 Chapter 5 The Professor Professes to Profess 36 Chapter 6 Aerodynamics Autorotation Brain Racking and a Frisky Feline 42 Chapter 7 Flapping Things and Rotors and Wings 48 Chapter 8 Windmills Turbines Parachutes and Mother Nature 54 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 Jesse’s next-door neighbor and sometimes formidable adversary Clark Johnson is always with his slippery slimy gross-looking pet frog Lewis Yuck 4
Lewis Clark Johnson’s slippery slimy gross-looking giant pet frog who lives in Clark’s front pocket and goes everywhere that Clark goes Yuck yuck and more yuck 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 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 and constant companion Chompy is Liam’s stinky gassy and frenzied little brown Puggle goes everywhere that Liam goes 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 5
