♪ Who's gonna help when the danger overwhelms ♪
♪ And the mysteries are piled high? ♪
♪ Who's gonna be around, never gonna let you down ♪
♪ When you're on a wild ride? ♪
♪ Your friends are always by your side ♪
♪ It's Craig of the Creek, he's gonna save the day ♪
♪ It's Craig of the Creek ♪
You guys, you guys, you guys!
I have a book you have to read.
It's called, "Baronica and the Time Spoon"!
It's about this girl in Victorian England
named Baronica, and she finds a spoon
that lets her travel through time,
but only when she eats pudding!
-What? -What?
Trust me, you're gonna love it.
There's this part where Baronica meets up with this eagle.
No, no. I shouldn't start there.
Um, okay. She's in this room,
and there's all this velvet -- No, that's spoiling it.
Okay, just -- you have to read it! It's really cool!
This sounds complicated.
Yeah, I've already got a lot of assignments
from my reading group.
I'm gonna have to pass.
-Stacks! -[ Gasps ] Kelsey?
Please, please, please, tell me you've read
"Baronica and the Time Spoon"!
Uh, I've been so busy with book reports,
I haven't had time to get to that one.
Noooooooo!
I'm dead, Stacks.
You killed me.
You okay, bud?
Yeah, I just -- this book is so good.
And I wish I had someone to talk to about it,
but Craig and JP aren't interested.
It's so frustrating!
I know how you feel.
I mean, I started a whole business around
writing book reports for kids who don't wanna read stuff.
I blame it on the presentation.
Kids just think of reading as homework,
so it sounds super boring.
If teachers really want kids to read books,
they have to make it feel like something special.
How do I do that?
[ Knock on door ]
Oh, one sec, Kelsey.
Hey, uh, you got that, uh, ook-bay eport-ray?
Payment is needed for text exchanged.
And your treasure transport, like we arranged.
Here you go!
♪♪
Just remember, if you get caught, I don't exist.
[ Whispering ] It's a secret.
Hmm, secret.
I. Am. A robot. Walking.
Look out below!
Unidentified paper at the stump.
[ Grunting ]
Bzrrrrt. Reading. Note.
What the...?
It's a bunch of weird symbols or something.
Maybe -- "Meet me two backyards down the creek,
where the sun plays hide and seek."
Whoa!
This must be it!
Together: Whoa!
John Paul Mercer.
Craig Williams.
Welcome... to the bush of secrecy!
You've been hand-picked to join
one of the most clandestine societies in the creek,
a club whose name is only spoken in hushed whispers --
[ Whispering ] Secret Book Club.
Together: Cool!
Each month, we choose a secret Tome.
Within the confines of this bush,
we share our thoughts about how good the book is!
But be warned, these novels are not for the faint of heart.
They are chapter books.
I want in!
First, you must be initiated.
Tear out a page, any page.
From henceforth, you will be known as Page 12.
Now you.
From henceforth, you will be known as Table of Contents.
Now consume your pages and complete the sacred bond!
You can just chew it until the ink's gone.
I will now reveal to you the first secret book
of the Secret Book Club.
Doodloodloodloodlodle, aan na na naaaah!
"Baronica and the Time Spoon"!
Is this the book from the library?
Nah, that one was about a spork or somethin'.
This one seems way cooler.
Now go, begin the book,
and we will meet tomorrow to discuss what we've read!
And remember to read...
[whispering] secretly.
♪♪
-"Chapter One..." -Hey, Craig!
-Aah! -What are you reading?
Nothing, it's homework. I dropped something.
Ooh, I gotta go get it. Bye!
"Chapter One.
It was the night of the big ball at Hazelnut Academy..."
[ Pounding on door ] Jessica: Craig!
Craig, I need to use the bathroom!
Can't you hear I'm using it?
Yes, but it's time for me to start my bedtime routine.
Well, you're gonna have to wait, 'cause I'm using it!
Craig, I need to start my routine on schedule
so I can sleep.
Sleep is important for my brain development.
And if don't sleep, I'm gonna throw a tantrum.
And I hate throwing tantrums, but I feel like
I'm gonna throw one right now!
All right, all right. Let me finish up.
[ Splash ]
"Chapter One.
It was the night of the big ball at Hazelnut Academy,
and all of the students were at twitter with excitement.
There would be dancing and singing,
but all Baronica Spoonsworth cared about was the pudding.
There would be all sorts -- chocolate pudding,
bread pudding, figgy pudding, and her most favorite of all..."
[ Snores ]
Benny: All right, solders!
The paintball war has escalated.
My brother Mikey pooted on my pillow last night.
It smelled like I was sleeping on old managod,
so we have to strike back.
First, we'll launch an offensive on the Southern front.
Derby, Myles, you guys head past Brian Dapalone's house.
JP: I couldn't get any reading in either.
My cat, Goo, kept snooping around.
Abort, abort, abort!
Yeah, I tried to read some more on the bus --
Halt! You are trespassing seventh grade territory!
What is your business here?
Uh, n--nothing!
What are you guys doin'?
Makin' a little -- little village?
Little rock village?
Uh, no.
Okay. Yeah. Great.
Looks like we're all up to nothing.
Okay! We're gonna walk, right -- right now.
Go, go, go, go, go!
Those kids are up to something.
Kelsey: Welcome back to the fold, pages!
What did everyone think of the reading?
[ Indistinct chatter ]
Baronica's got one of those attitudes where she's like,
she seems quiet but she's got a lot of inner confidence.
Order! Order!
Pages, we turn one at a time!
To remember our place in the story,
whoever holds the mark of books shall speak.
I really liked the detailed descriptions of pudding.
Five pages on tapioca? I was in heaven!
Yeah! I had the craziest pudding craving.
I must've eaten, like, four cups!
Yeah, me too. But I only had my mom's
digestive yogurt in the fridge,
so I am barely holdin' it together, you guys.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Pudding's great,
but what did you think about the part
when Peter Puffin sacrificed his tail feathers
so Baronica could escape the Big Ladle?
I mean, how many tears did you cry last night?
Who's Peter Puffin?
You -- you guys didn't get to Peter Puffin yet?
Did you even get to Baronica breaking into
the citadel? She did what?
I didn't get that far.
I'm only up to where Baronica gets her Time Spoon.
W-- She gets a what?!
You guys! You've only scratched the surface!
The whole point of Secret Book Club
is to get to the good parts so we can all talk about it!
[ Sighs ] I want you all to get to chapter seven by Friday.
Together: Yes, your Highest Bookshelf.
[ Gasps ]
What's a Ba-Ron-Ica?
Jessica, you fool! Don't sound out another word!
Craig!
This place is no longer safe for reading.
"Baronica knew where she had to go --
the Citadel of Time.
Chapter Seven, The Citadel of Time.
Eagleton soared overhead."
[ Bird screeches ] Whoa!
Welcome to the Library of Time Pudding.
Every dollop represents a different point
in the time-dessert continuum.
So much magic.
If we can just find the right flavor --
[ Gasps ] Then we might be able to free
my father from the Time Dungeon.
Squawk! I'm Peter Puffin!
So much drama!
We must hurry, Baronica.
The pudding police could be here at any moment.
You again?! What are you doing here?
Who sent you?
Was it my brother Mike?
I can't say.
Did Mike send you to spy on our top-secret war plans?
I can't say!
Did Mike send you to spy on our top-secret war plans
and hide them in that book as part of the ultimate
paintball offensive to finally destroy
the seventh grade paintball coalition once and for all?
And don't say you can't say!
Uh, is that an eagle? [ Gasps ]
Aah!
Everyone, get the spy!
[ Panting ]
Aaah!
You guys!
Aah!
Paintball Benny is here with the whole army!
Benny: I know you're in there, spy!
Now come on out and show us what your hiding,
or we're gonna let the paint fly!
Together: What do we do? What do we do?!
We've been discovered.
You know what must be done.
Kelsey: Kelsey had a life or death decision to make.
Keeping the book club a secret
was the only thing keeping her friends interested.
If it were revealed, she'd never get to talk
about the book with them again.
But surely her friends getting paintballed was no better.
I have to tell Benny about the secret book club.
-[ Gasps ] What?! -No!
Listen, Craig.
I love this book and I wanted to share it with you both,
but it isn't worth our lives
or the damage to library property.
All right, warrior girl.
Hand over the war plans you're hiding,
and nobody gets splatted.
Craig isn't any part of your wars.
He was just trying to protect this!
[ All gasp ]
But this is just a library book.
[ Laughter ]
Just a library book?
What lies between those covers is a world
that cannot be contained by the rules of time,
where animals talk like you and me,
a land where spoons are portals -- and spoons.
You see, what you call a book,
I call a doorway to the land of imagination.
It is a pool from which I will be drinking inspiration
for the rest of my days!
And it's really, really good.
[ Sniffs ] I couldn't have said it better myself.
I -- I knew you'd like it.
Drop your weapons. There's no big secret here.
Just some complicated fantasy novel.
Solders, let's move out!
I'm gonna keep this book...
as evidence.
Can I just say, I did not see
Peter Puffin's sacrifice coming at all!
I never thought anyone could be so selfless.
Oh, my goodness. I totally agree.
It was literally the best part ever.
-My head hurt. -For real.
I thought it was the way I was leaning.
♪ When it's time to go to bed ♪
♪ I know I don't have to feel alone ♪
♪ 'Cause I'll see you tomorrow ♪
♪ At the creek ♪
Just like I drew it.
♪♪