10 year old Adam Melon is always inventing things. All his life, which is 10 years, great ideas have been popping in and out of my melon head. Sometimes they work. This year theyd́ better, because his class is entering an inventing fair. His friend Sam and he are dreaming up plans. And Capitol Hill has a ton of places to find invention parts.

During the summer between fourth and fifth grade, Adam "Melonhead" Melon, who lives in the Washington, D.C., neighborhood of Capitol Hill, tries to stay out of trouble to earn a trip to New York City to see the giant "stink flower."

Provides insights, ideas, and activities for parents of children from first grade to adolescence.