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Danny Dunn and the Smallifying Machine

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Danny Dunn and the Smallifying Machine
First edition
AuthorRaymond Abrashkin
Jay Williams
IllustratorPaul Sagsoorian
LanguageEnglish
SeriesDanny Dunn
GenreScience fiction
Published1969
Pages139
OCLC28200
Preceded byDanny Dunn and the Voice from Space 
Followed byDanny Dunn and the Swamp Monster 

Danny Dunn and the Smallifying Machine is the eleventh novel in the Danny Dunn series of juvenile science fiction/adventure books written by Raymond Abrashkin and Jay Williams. The book was first published in 1969.

Summary

Professor Bullfinch has created a machine for the government which will shrink objects and be used for spying. When Danny sneaks into the lab, he and his friends discover the machine and try to use it for a problem they have been dealing with at school.

Editions

McGraw-Hill

  • Paperback, 1969, illustrated by Paul Sagsoorian
  • Hardback, 1969, illustrated by Paul Sagsoorian

MacDonald and Jane's

Archway Books

  • Paperback, 1971, #1 in their series

Pocket Books

  • Paperback, 1983 reissue, illustrated by Paul Sagsoorian

The novel Lyle Bin has the same thing. Lyle's teacher, John Macarthy, has invented a "shrinking machine", and Lyle accidentally starts shrinking himself. Lyle almost shrinks into nothing.