Who am I?
I'm Trixie O'Toole: maker of machines, dreamer of dreams! I come from a small town called Lower Nowhere but I have Big Plans for the future. I love all things animal, mechanical, creative and innovative. This world is full of surprises and I can't wait to discover them all!
I'm pretty good at a lot of things, but I still have a long way to go. I can't wait for you to come along with me!
This chart describes what I'm made up of:
Welcome to Phyllis Witt Nollidge Elementary - home of the Mighty Narwhals! I'm in the second grade and my teacher is Miss Wysiwyg. With her, what you see is what you get — she’s so awesome. I like all my subjects except for art. I LOVE art! I just made a clay narwhal sculpture for our school library.
My best friend is S.O.S. — that’s not her real name but we call her that because she’s always there when you need her.
This is my house. It’s pretty ordinary, except for my room. My mom and dad let me design it however I wanted, so I went with an Underwater Research Station theme with a surprise element of rain forest plants and a primary color scheme of teal and green (and a pop of tangerine). Typical stuff.
Our neighborhood is full of interesting people — and I can walk to school when it’s nice outside!
The LoNoMoS is currently under construction but if it was open you would be able to see all sorts of wonderful things. Take a trip to the moon, journey through the past 20 million years, sit back and watch the constellations fill the sky.
The best part, though, is the cafeteria! The food is amazing and has names like the “Neptuna Sandwich,” “Basket of Saturn’s Rings,” “Tricera-Pops,” and “The Gray Matter Platter.”
The library is my second favorite non-home place after my lab. So many books!
There are picture books, computer books, algebra books, physics books, chemistry books, history books, drawing books, nature books, spelling books, music books, calculus books, adventure books, plant books, fish books, bird books, dinosaur books, dragon books, how-to books, how-not-to books, books about cooks, books about books…
and more.
Nucleus Park is in the center of town between the fire station and the police station. It has walking trails, climbing structures, fields, woods and a HUGE hill right in the middle. It’s perfect for taking Gilbert for exercise — he loves to show off his catching skills.
In the summer, they have all sorts of festivals and events. The Lower Nowhere Fresh Air Nightmare is my favorite. It’s an obstacle course for the best of the best!
The Lab! The Lab! This is the fabulous Lab! I designed it and saved up my allowance to buy all the equipment. Beakers and tweezers and gauges and dials. Tables and cables and piles of files.
I spend most of my free time exploring, creating — discovering things that I find fascinating. Some of my favorite gadgets were invented here, like the Underground Rubber Band Brand Left-Handed Instrument Stand.
My Grandpa is Noodles O’Toole, the world-famous inventor and thrill-seeker. He’s climbed Mt. Gloom, gone diving with Sup-Sup the Super Squid, and traveled to the farthest reaches of human civilization. He invented a travel toilet paper for the Go-On-The-Go No-Nonsense Go-Getter. And a really good hand sanitizer.
He lives here at Gray Acres - right down the street from my lab!
“High on a mountaintop, up on a ledge and leaning uneasily over the edge, with towers and banners and walls made of stone, stands Castle von Junk on a cliff all alone.”
Complete with a laboratory, theater, game room, studio, and all sorts of resident monsters, the castle is a sight to behold!
Excerpt from A Fungus Among Us, the Forgotten Tale of Ebeneezer Gore
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Kevin & Rebecca Kelly
Trixie O’Toole is super-excited to be at Camp C.R.E.A.T.E., where she can invent whatever she likes. But when a boy nicknamed “Professor” von Junk gets all the attention, Trixie feels left out. Still, she persists in following her own inspiration. When von Junk’s Invention Inventor goes out of control, everyone is horrified. Is Trixie’s own invention sufficiently awesome, impossible, and unstoppable to save the day? Trixie’s triumph will inspire future inventors and mad scientists to believe in themselves, and show that all good ideas deserve a chance.
