Danny's Doodles: The Jelly Bean Experiment
By David Adler
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Here's a fact: My new friend Calvin Waffle is 100% Weird
Danny Cohen and Calvin Waffle are two very different kids. Danny likes playing baseball; Calvin enjoys strange experiments. Danny follows the rules at school; Calvin tries to drive his teacher crazy.
Danny and Calvin decide to team up for the big jelly bean experiment. Will it lead to trouble? Maybe. Will they have fun trying? You can count on it.
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Danny's Doodles - David Adler
Copyright © 2013 by David A. Adler
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For my great nieces and nephews
Netanel, Emuna, Avital, Techiya,
Elyada, and Aviya.
Front Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Chapter 1: Monday and the Jelly Beans
Chapter 2: Tuesday and Annie Abrams
Chapter 3: Tuesday Afternoon, Wednesday, and the Big Green Splotch
Chapter 4: Sunday and It’s Good
Chapter 5: Still Sunday and the Bathroom Spy
Chapter 6: More Sunday and Calvin Reads People
Chapter 7: Sunday, Monday, and What About Mr. Waffle?
Chapter 8: Tuesday and the Big Game
A sneak peek at Danny’s Doodles: The Donut Dilemma!
About the Author
Back Cover
I doodle when I write.
So here’s the story
with all my doodles.
-Danny
I am the subject of Calvin Waffle’s experiment.
Last week at school he followed me everywhere. He didn’t stay close, but he was there. Lurking. He made a list of everyone who walked up to me, everyone who spoke to me. He listed their names and how long we talked.
What’s with all the names and numbers?
I asked.
I need them for my experiment,
Calvin told me. They’re statistics, the backbone of science.
No, they’re not, I thought. The backbones of science are test tubes and microscopes and jars of chemicals, stinky chemicals that make your hands turn colors.
I know what statistics are. They’re the backbone of sports. I know baseball batting averages, football passing and rushing records, and basketball shooting percentages.
Here’s a statistic: My new friend Calvin Waffle is 100% weird.
All last week he followed me and lurked. Now it’s Monday. We’re on our way to school and he has that list. It’s in his shirt pocket. It’s folded and sticking up a bit like a fancy handkerchief.
Are you going to keep watching who talks to me?
Calvin shakes his head way up and down. He’s nodding, telling me he’ll keep watching.
Last week was the control,
he says. This week is the experiment.
I haven’t known Calvin very long. The first time we talked was two weeks ago. It was after school. I was walking home when he called to me.
Hey. You’re in my class.
I turned and saw him walking toward me.
I’m Calvin Waffle,
he said.
I knew that. I was there when our teacher Mrs. Cakel introduced him to our class.
I told him my name. I’m Danny Cohen.
Now we walk together to school and back. That’s because he lives on my block. He moved here with his mom. I don’t know about his father. I didn’t ask. I never ask those kinds of questions. I’m not a nosy news reporter. I’m just a kid in the fourth grade. When I’m older, I’ll be a cartoonist.
It’s Monday. We’re about to turn the corner to enter the school