Expectant parents prime their bump with books and Bach, birthing prodigy Baby Brains who reads papers, fixes cars, and aces med school by week two. A space mission summons his smarts, but starry voids summon a simple cry: "Mummy!"—proving genius craves cuddles too. James's wry watercolors wink at wunderkind whims, a Red House winner wryly warning on wonder-kid woes.