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Professor Clever

Cartoon professor in a lab with assistants.
Junior journal 57 cover image.

by Trish Puharich

illustrated by Ned Wenlock

In this humorous play, Professor Clever becomes irritated with the mess that trees make when they drop their leaves, so he comes up with an invention to solve the problem. When his children discover his invention, they are shocked and present an opposite point of view.

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Series: Junior Journal 57, Level 2, 2018

Learning area: English, The Arts, Science

Colour wheel level: Gold

Curriculum level: 2

Reading year level: 3

Category: Fiction

Related titles: Listed in TSM

Topics: drama, environment, humour, inventions, plays, scientists, trees

In: Junior Journal 57, Level 2, 2018

Publication date: November 2018

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