A boy gets buried in dirty laundry and pulled into time travel shenanigans after his moms latest experiment in this first book in the My Mad Scientist Mom chapter book series from acclaimed author-illustrator Jarrett Lerner.

Aris life is filled with school, video games, and his pet turtle, Fred: pretty run-of-the mill stuff. But not anywhere near run-of-the-mill is Aris mom, whos a mad scientist. Thats right, a MAD scientist. Sure, she strives to make peoples lives better with her inventions, especially at home. But all of Moms inventions seem to go just the slightest bit off kilter. And when she devises a time portal to help deal with the massive mounds of dirty laundry that have taken over their house, she creates a MUCH bigger problem than just stinky clothes, and its up to Ari to get them out of a prehistoric mess.