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Cute and funny short story collection about wacky scientists and their strange inventions. Most end with either a punchline or a Twilight Zone-esque twist and there's usually a good moral. Reminded me a bit of Silverstein's "Where the Sidewalk Ends".

As far as language learning value, the book is excellent. Since the stories are short, you don't get burnt out trying to finish a chapter which can happen in larger books. The trickiest aspect for me is that some words I'm used to seeing in Kanji are rendered in Kana here and that tripped me up quite a bit in places.