"Dad's office is off-limits--which only makes it more intriguing to his curious young daughter. As soon as she sees an opening, she sneaks in to have a look around. After all, there's no harm in just looking, right? What she discovers is a magical wonderland of sticky tape, paper clips that make glorious strands, and a kaleidoscopic array of sticky notes. Who could possibly resist playing with those? In a joyful ode to office supplies, Helen Yoon...

CheckMate, an AI paperclip designed to fix grammatical errors, wants to turn carbon-based lifeforms into paperclips. When he invades every computer, the First Cat in Space, the Moon Queen and LOZ 4000 come to help.