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You probably know that Leonardo da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa. Didyou know that he also invented an early version of a helicopter and a tank, andthat he planned to execute the Time Warp Trio for spying on his inventions?Sam's bright idea to look for the inventor of the Book takes the guys to 15thcentury Italy to meet up with Leonardo. But it's going to take at least threemore bright ideas, two magic tricks, and one great invention to get them out oftrouble and safely back home. If not, it could be a lifetime of Italian armytoilet-cleaning detail for Joe, Sam, and Fred. ... Read more

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When their summer reading list accidentally gets placed inside The Book, Joe, Sam, and Fred find themselves caught in a bizarrely bookish universe. Trapped in Hoboken while villains from children's classics run amok, the intrepid trio must find The Book before the Headless Horseman, Long John Silver, and a dastardly Mr. (Teddy) Bear do away with the heroes of their stories. Will the guys make it in time? Or (horrors!) will Alice in Wonderland become Frankenstein in Wonderland?

"Nonstop action and lots of laughs." --School Library Journal ... Read more

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Absolutely Terrific!
The Time Warp Trio set out on their best adventure yet, when Fred leaves their school's summer reading list stuck inside the pages of their time travel vehicle, "The Book". Now, the three are stuck in literature, where the bad and evil characters are out to get all the good ones and take over the stories. This is a wonderfully written, witty, funny story that will have your kids laughing out loud. Perfect for third through sixth graders, kids will recognize characters from stories they've read and some that parents and teachers have read to them. A page turner to the end, this is the perfect book to read once the school year has ended. The only negative thing I can say about Summer Reading is Killing Me, is that it's over way too soon.

Summer Reading is Killing me
I like this book because it combines many characters and stories into a funny book.Fred, Joe and Sam accidentally put there Summer reading list into the book and get whisked into there latest adventure. Will the bad guy destroy all the good characters? Or will Fred,Sam and joe save the day? Find out in the latest book in the Time Warp Trio series! I think that if you are between the ages of 7 and 11 and like funny books,this is for you!

GREAT READING!!
My 9 year old read it and laughed out loud. He liked it sooo much that he read it again.

There's three boys and they have a book you see...
Summer Reading is Killing Me is a good book because it's about three boys who have a book.This book is no ordinary book because it time warps.This time the green slime took them into a book with villans and good guys.The major villan is a mad teddy bear he wants to take over the world.So they have to save all the books and the world.I gave this book five stars because it's adventurous and funny.

Inside one book with a million main characters
Inside one book with a million main characters. Joe, Sam, and
Fred are sent to Hoboken to help all the good characters defeat
all the bad characters, including Mr. Bear. Being saved from a girl that is all the girls not on the summer reading list is even worst. It is up to Fred as he fights off the parrot for the BOOK. Will JUNIOR CLASSICS, VOLUME TWO: ONCE UPON A TIME save the day? ... Read more

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The first four books of the wildly popular Time Warp Trio series are now in one value-priced boxed set! Whether the gang's fighting off the Black Knight in the middle of Camelot, practicing magic tricks on Blackbeard and his pirates, stampeding cattle in the Old West, or running from a woolly mammoth, one thing is for sure: no one's ever bored when the Time Warp Trio's around! ... Read more

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Great for boys!
It's hard to find books for boys that really turn them on to reading but these did the trick. My son insisted that I read them too so we could talk about the plots. Entertaining and well written, perfect for a second or third grader. ... Read more

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Everyone’s favorite time-travelers are changing their style!The Time Warp Trio series now features a brand-new, eye-catching design, sureto appeal to longtime fans, and those new to Jon Scieszka’s wacky brand of humor. ... Read more

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This is a really funny Book
This book was really funny because the time trio makes fun of Ancient Egypt. But the only way you would think its a funny book is if are a kid and if you read the book good

great fun for young adventurers
If you are looking for something besides Goosebumps to interest your 6-11 year old's this is it. You will need to allow lots of extra time for the giggles to stop when you read about the adventures of three boys who find a magic book which allows them to time-warp. Know that when you read one of these books you won't be finished until you read all 6 in the series. Great for read aloud or middle elementary readers. By the author of the Stinky Cheese Man.

The Excititng Mystery
This book is exciting. You always want to turn the page. It is funny and interesting.It takes place in ancient Egypt.In Tut Tut there is a girl named Annie. She is 6 and two brothers. I would tell you to read it.The name is Tut Tut.

The best book ever
I give this book five stars because it is very funny. It is also adveturous. The characters in this story (Joe, Fred, Sam) get in a lot of trouble and Sam almost gets eaten by a crocodile. I don't want to say more because I want you to read it for your self. I don't want to spoil the surprise.

What a book!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Have you ever wanted a book you can back in time with? Well here's a book that your gonna love! This time Joe, Fred, Sam, and Joe's Anna get stuck in Eygpt.There they meet a evil preaist named Hasnut. He tries to get there hands choped but he doesn't sucseed. They also meet a king named Thomse III. He is there age. They become really good friends. I'm not going to spoil the book for but think about these qustion. How will they get back? And, What will happen to hasnut? So get out there and buy it!!! ... Read more

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Joe, Sam, and Fred have been thrown back in time yet again. This time the Trio find themselves whisked by The Book from a basketball court in Brooklyn to the main ring ball court in Chich&eacuten Itz&aacute, Mexico. The year is 1000 a. d. and the rules are a little different. Now the boys are playing for their lives with the Mayan High Priest as their opponent. Will they be able to get home before they learn the true meaning of a sudden death penalty?

Illustrated by Adam McCauley. ... Read more

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Sam and Company are back again
The time hopping friends are back again, this time they are 1000 years in the past in Ancient Mexico. My kids love the Time Warp Trio. Knights of the Kitchen Table was the first chapter book my 8 year read, and he was hooked.

This book is great for the reluctant readers (generally boys). Sam and company find adventure, play some sports, and have some fun with puns (as usual).

I gave this book only 4 stars because some of the names in the story may be hard to pronounce for young readers. ... Read more

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One minute the guys are wrestling around in Joe's room, the next minute The Book has transported them back to ancient Rome-and face to face with one big old gladiator. Luckily Joe, Sam and Fred, the Time Warp Trio, have seen enough professional wrestling to make it through gladiator school-but not even a bodyslam can help them at the Colosseum.Will our trusty heroes be able to find The Book and hightail it out of there-or will the Romans turn them into mincemeat first?

"[The Time Warp Trio's] tongue-in-cheek humor, laced with understatement and wordplay, makes for laugh-out-loud reading." (School Library Journal, starred review) ... Read more

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See You Later Gladiator
I gave my book a 2 out of 5 because the ending was too easy and the book was confusing. Then when they had time to go find the book they were looking for they were doing a burping contest.
The book is about these three kids and they're around a gladiator that wants to kill them and try to talk him out of it but it doesn't work. I would recommend this book to people who like fighting.

See You Later Gladiator
Michael P. wrote:

I gave the book 2 stars because I did not like it because it was weird. There was a burping scene and that is why is was weird. It is about 3 boys who are looking for a book to get back home. But first they had to get out of the net that the gladiator threw at them. I would recommend this book to people who like fighting and burping.

See You Later Gladiator
Anthony C. wrote the following:

I gave the book 5 stars. I think the book is good. I think I like it when they fight the gladiator. I also like when they go in the colusseum by the king. It is about when three boys get time traveled to the gladiator time. The gladiators go after the three boys because they want to capture them and kill them. I recommend this book to everyone who likes silly books.

Easy summer read
My son recently wrote the following:

The Time Warp Trio books contain amazing pictures by Lane Smith and humorous stories by Jon Scieszka (of The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales fame). Time Warp Trio books are entertaining and easy to read and were probably written to encourage kids who don't usually read much to read more.

In See You Later Gladiator, the three friends find themselves in Ancient Rome, face-to-face with a gladiator about to make short work of them. They pass themselves off as powerful magicians. Their only hope for survival is to find The Book and skedaddle before they encounter any more sword-wielding gladiators.

Enjoy this "quick" summer read!

Gladiators beware!
This story is about three boys named Joe, Sam, and Fred. These three boys have a very strange book that, when they say special words, it will transport them to a different time. In order to get back home, they have to find the book which is hidden in Rome, and that is where they are too! When they arrive, they are in a Gladiator stadium! To find out more, read See You Later Gladiator. ... Read more

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Everyone’s favorite time-travelers are changing their style!The Time Warp Trio series now features a brand-new, eye-catching design, sureto appeal to longtime fans, and those new to Jon Scieszka’s wacky brand of humor. ... Read more

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TIME WARP TRIO TRAVEL FAR FAR IN THE FUTURE!
This book was great! This is the only book where the Time WARP Trio travel forward in time. I liked the way that the authors described the future. I also thought it was funny because the Time WARP Trio meet their grand-grand-daughters. I won't tell any more because you'll just have to read it to yourself. I rate this book five stars because it was funny like all the other Time WARP Trio books.

Excellent children's book
The Time Warp Trio books are an excellent series for young readers. My 8-year old son has read every one and is now re-reading his collection! Each story deals with time travel - forward or back. 2095, like the others in the series, is a fast-paced, funny, and well written story. So far, these are my son's favorite books and I highly recommend them to any parent who wants their child to discover the joys of reading.

The Future Looks Good
Scieszka's fifth Time Warp book finds the trio in 2095, thanks of course to Uncle Joe's Magic Book. This marks the first time the trio has ventured into the future rather than the past, and some strange things happen.

Scieszka's stories have a great visual style, which lend themselves to some great illustrations in the book. Things get a little silly, and some of the jokes that run through the book were started in previous books, but '2095' is still loads of fun.

good for kids all ages
I tought that it was a good book because I like when they were in the musame in they use the magic squre to get out in went to 2095.They met a robot lady who thout they were someone eles in til the real kids show up.thenone of the boys did a magic tick to stall time but then it got braing so they letf.to get the magic sqarebut it was outside. SO THEY RUST TO GET THERE.

This book is great!
I liked this book a lot. It was very funny and weird. I really recommend it. ... Read more

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Wouldn't you know it, right when the trusty Time Warp Trio are about to go on stage in their school play, their script gets knocked into The Book, and Joe, Fred, and Sam land smack in the middle of a feud between the gods of Ancient Greece and some really ugly monsters. To keep their odyssey from becoming a Greek tragedy, the gang needs to find The Book, and fast! ... Read more

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An Adventure You'll Never Forget
Kids that don't usually like to read will want to read this book because when you start reading it, you feel like you are in the book. Also, when you start reading it, you don't want to stop.

It's a bird! It's a plane! No, it's Mount Olympus!
Do you like the movie Hercules but dislike Hercules and the story line? If that's true, (or even if it isn't) this is the book for you! Of course, the Time Warp Trio gets stuck in Greek and have to get back home. They meet up with all the Greeks gods from Zeus to Hera, from Aphrodite to Apollo, and from Artemis to Hades! The Trio have to trick the gods with puzzles to get The Book and get home. I recommend this book to anyone and everyone!

A really enjoyable book...
This book grabs the your attention right from the start and keeps you interested with fast-paced action, entertaining dialogue and a humorous plot. It's the first "Time Warp Trio" book I've read and I really enjoyed it. Joe, Fred and Sam are magically transported into the world of Greek mythology where they run from vicious three-headed dogs, exchange witty insults with Hera, queen of the gods, and outsmart Zeus and the other gods on Mount Olympus, before they find their way back home. If you know a little bit about Greek mythology you will be amused by the characterization of the gods and godesses and you will find yourself wanting to learn even more. The book is easy to read and hard to put down! ... Read more

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They've conquered the summer reading list, Greek monsters, and Roman gladiators, but a poetry assignment? Stuck writing haikus for English class, Joe, Sam, and Fred take one little break from doing their homework and BAM!-they land smack-dab in the middle of seventeenth-century Japan.But how will the boys search out The Book and find their way back home when they're busy dealing with grumpy samurai warriors with really big swords?

"You say there's nothing for boys to read?Never fear, the Time Warp Trio has arrived." (Booklist) ... Read more

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Loved it!
My son is not reading at this level yet (7 years old) so I read it to him. It's easy and a lot of fun to read. I read to him, at most, 2 chapters a night (chapters are short) and he'd beg me to keep reading! I could get him to finish his homework and get ready for bed quickly if I reminded him about reading "Sam Samurai". When we finished the book he wanted more, so I purchased a couple more in the series. ... Read more

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The Time Warp Trio is staying home for once. Joe, Sam, and Fred are going to work on Sam's latest invention, and Joe's got the perfect way to keep The Book from getting lost. But when the guys wind up on top of the half-finished Brooklyn Bridge in 1877, they realize that Joe's fool-proof Book Tracker wasn't so fool-proof after all. Now they've got to make their way through the city and find The Book before they un-invent the light bulb, the phonograph and-oh no!-baseball!

Illustrated by Adam McCauley. ... Read more

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Thoroughly enjoyable
I like the part when Thomas Edison keeps repeating, "So what and be quiet you weanie". I also enjoyed the book because it was very adventurous... ... Read more

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Did you know that our word Thursday comes from the Viking god Thor . . . as in Thor's Day? Neither did the Time Warp Trio. Did you know that if you say "Thursday" over and over again too close to a certain magic Book, you will get sucked back two thousand years to the time of the Vikings? Neither did the Time Warp Trio. Can our trusty heroes, Joe, Sam, and Fred, survive a wild ride with Leif Eriksson, match wits with his evil cousin, and get back home in one piece? ... Read more

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Everyone’s favorite time-travelers are changing their style!The Time Warp Trio series now features a brand-new, eye-catching design, sureto appeal to longtime fans, and those new to Jon Scieszka’s wacky brand of humor. ... Read more

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Knights of the Kitchen Table
Rebecca B. wrote:

For the book that I've read, I'll give it five stars. I loved the book because it was silly and cool. It was really funny with the fighting because a giant and a dragon making gas.
This book is basically about three boys going into the knights' time. They had to fight to get out of the knights' time, they also had to find a book to get back that they use to go there too.
I would recommend this book to people who like fighting, silliness, wizards, queens, castles, giants, dragons, and knights. People will love the book if they love all of those things especially for fighting.

The Knights of the Reading Circle
I am a third grade teacher, and every September I start off the new school year with The Knights of the Kitchen Table. I use the Time Warp Trio to ease my students into sitting quietly, while listening to a story for pleasure. After each chapter the children beg me to read another! Regardless of the academic abilities of my students, every one of them seems to truly enjoy this series. Although it is certainly not worthy of a Newbery Medal, I feel it is a fantastic easier chapter book that serves as a springboard to reading. In fact, The Time Warp Trio books are rarely sitting on the shelves of our school library. They are always in a child's hands. To me that makes it worthy of 5 stars.

Knights of the Kitchen Talbe
Trevor H. wrote:

I rated this book a four because they had a lot of knights and one dragon. They also had a giant, and the giant and dragon were fighting.
This book is about a dragon and a giant known as Bleob were fighting near a castle and the three boys almost died at the beginning from the first knight when he struck his lance at them.
I would recommend people that like knights, dragons, and giants because they fight a lot with these characters.

Knights of the Kitchen Table
Samantha M. wrote:

The story has too many ugly pictures that freak me out. And it was boring pictures too. It had too many problems in the book. Like there was a knight who wants to kill the kids. Then there was a dragon who still want to kill the kids named Sam, Fred, and Joe.
The story is about these three boys named Sam, Fred, and Joe who went in time. Joe got a book that his uncle got him. I will recommend this book to my friends that like fighting and knights.

Not half as brilliant as it should be
You know, it's a real shame that this book isn't funnier than it is. Somewhere out there, legions of ten-year-olds are chanting my name and wanting blood, but it's true. I cannot tell a lie. This book doesn't hold a candle to Scieszka and Lane's true children's classics like, "The Stinky Cheese Man". It blushes in the face of their inspired "Math's Curse". What went wrong here? Great illustrator. Great author. Put them together for a children's series and you get.... mildly amusing banter and a short plot that stops before it even begins. Oy yoy yoy, say I. So I'm not a fan, and that's okay too. There are plenty of amusing series books out there for people such as myself. But what's my real objection? Well sir, it's just not as funny as I had hoped it would be. My expectations are too high, that's the problem. Will this book teach kids about King Arthur? Maybe. Maybe not. In any case, it's a droll little piece of fluff without much substance. ... Read more

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Everyone’s favorite time-travelers are changing their style!The Time Warp Trio series now features a brand-new, eye-catching design, sureto appeal to longtime fans, and those new to Jon Scieszka’s wacky brand of humor. ... Read more

Book Description

Everyone’s favorite time-travelers are changing their style!The Time Warp Trio series now features a brand-new, eye-catching design, sureto appeal to longtime fans, and those new to Jon Scieszka’s wacky brand of humor. ... Read more

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Good Book
I think the funniest part was when Joe was saying "hello, waisachu, hello waisachu".

The Good The Bad And The Goofy
Joe, Fred, and Sam are watching a western show, when suddenly they get sucked back into the book.The boys find themselves in a desert.Fred starts to hear something.It's a stampede.They are about to get hit by the stampede! Will anyone come to their rescue?
Some of the funny parts are when they almost get run over by the cows and at the end when you see the hole in Fred's hat.In one of the pictures the cow has 5 utters so tht was funny.I think you should read this book because it's just as funny as the first two Time Warp Trio books.

Funny and Suspensful
"The Good The Bad And The Goofy" by Jon Scieszka is great for a short read (It is only fifty pages.) The fights between Fred (really athletic) and Sam (really smart) are hilarious. The book starts out in Joe's attic when Fred, Joe, and Sam wish to go back in time to see the cowboys and indians using Joe's magic book. The way the book works is they say a rhyme and end it with where they want to go. I won't tell you what happens when they get there because I don't want to spoil this great story! If you don't think that you'll like this book than don't pick it up because the book is so great that you won't be able to put it down. In short, if you like magic, comedy, and suspense then this is the book for you!

Out of this World, and Back in Time!
The Time Warp Trio is a crazy trio of a spotlight man, a brainiac, and a human pig. "Mr. Spotlight" opens The Book. He says the goofiest rhyme you can think of to send his crew back in time to the cowboys. What do you know? It works! All of a sudden, this Time Warp Trio find themselves in a "twister" of adventure. Illustrations help you imagine the story clearly. If it gets boring for a page or two, don't panic; it will jump right back into adventure. Beware, it's dynamite laughs.

Laugh out loud fun boys will love!
A magical birthday gift lands Fred, Sam and Joe smack-dab intothe middle of the old wild west, cowboys, Indians, and a ragingstampede. Authentic western flavor combines well with the history/adventure slant. The Time Warp Trio have to be brave, clever, and quick, very quick, on their feet to survive this adventure. Another book of the Time Warp Trio series, Jon Scieszka combines adventure, history, fantasy and humor in a compelling format that even reluctant readers will find hard to put down. ... Read more

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Everyone’s favorite time-travelers are changing their style!The Time Warp Trio series now features a brand-new, eye-catching design, sureto appeal to longtime fans, and those new to Jon Scieszka’s wacky brand of humor. ... Read more

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Read by William Dufris
1 hour, 38 minutes
2 cassettes

When Joes and his friends open up The Book, it transports them to another place and time.In Knights of the Kitchen Table, the boys find themselves in Camelot fighting a black knight.In the Not-So-Jolly Roger, the boys meet Blackbeard and must escape before they're buried along with his treasure.

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Time Warp Trio fans will love this brand-new deluxe boxed set, packed with all the humor and history and wacky adventures of Joe, Sam and Fred. Featuring the Time Warp Trio’s first four adventures, Knights of the Kitchen Table, The Not-So-Jolly Roger, The Good, the Bad and the Goofy, and Your Mother Was a Neanderthal, the deluxe gift set also sports fold-out art panels that transform it into a keepsake box and bookshelf poster.It’s the perfect gift for every Time Warp fan. ... Read more