MY MAD SCIENTIST MOM: SAVED BY THE SMELL pub day!

Today, my 21st book hits shelves! The book: Saved by the Smell, the first installment of my brand-new My Mad Scientist Mom series of illustrated chapter books.

I have posted here about the book before–extensively, actually, about both the real-life models that the boy and mom characters are based on as well as the creation of the book’s cover (click HERE to check out that blog post)–so for now, I will simply remind what the book is all about. Below is my publisher’s blurb about the book:

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

Ari’s 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 Ari’s mom, who’s a mad scientist. That’s right, a MAD scientist. Sure, she strives to make people’s lives better with her inventions, especially at home. But all of Mom’s 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 it’s up to Ari to get them out of a prehistoric mess.

Starting today, you can find Saved by the Smell anywhere books are sold. As always, if you order from my local independent bookstore, the Silver Unicorn, I will sign, doodle-in, and personalize (if you wish) every and as many copies as you want. (That’s true for ALL of my books, at any time!) Click HERE to order Saved by the Smell (and, if you want, PREorder No More Mr. Mice Guy, the second installment of the My Mad Scientist Mom series) from the Silver Unicorn.

I am wildly excited to see what my readers make of this book and its cast of characters. I’m also hoping it inspires readers to come up with plenty of their own mad science-y stories of their own. If YOU or a young person in your life end up checking out Saved by the Smell, I’d love to hear what you think of it! Leave a comment below, send me a message at my public email account (you can find the address on the CONTACT page of this website), or go find me on social media and message me there. As always, THANK YOU for the support. And happy reading!

~ Jarrett