Skyrockets and Snickerdoodles (Cobtown) - Hardcover

Nutt, Julia Van

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0385325533 ISBN 13: 9780385325530

Publisher: Bantam USA, 2001

Synopsis

The excitement of the Fourth of July is in the air and young Lucky Hart is as anxious as ever to see the big fireworks display, but when a weird event alters the plans and leads to a change in the town name, Lucky begins to think that all the holiday spirit has suddenly and completely vanished. Teacher's Guide available.

About this title

Synopsis:

With the Fourth of July only days away, Lucky Hart can barely contain her excitement. Her team, the Cobtown Skyrockets, will play their rivals, the Ploomajiggy Unbeatables, in the newly invented game of baseball. Topping off the celebration: a burst of dazzling fireworks. But the anticipation fizzles when Cobtown is told that it no longer exists. A mouse has eaten a hole in the official county map and the part that showed Cobtown has been swallowed! The town has been renamed Carbuncle and Lucky's team becomes the Carbuncle Skyrockets - a name everyone dislikes. But even with spirits dampened, the Skyrockets take to the field in a game full of hard hits and very unexpected events.

About the Author:

Julia and Robert Van Nutt have been working together for twenty-five years. During this time, they have worked on numerous design jobs, from freelancing for The New York Times to working on sets and costumes for a Broadway play. In the last ten years, they have designed eight children’s books and six animated videos that were shown on national television.
The Van Nutts use history to guide them as they write and illustrate their Cobtown stories. With an amazing cast of characters and an in-depth study of everyday life in the 1840s, these stories–inspired by a hobby of collecting electric trains–take place in the village of Cobtown.

About this edition

• Publisher: Bantam USA
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0385325533
• ISBN 13: 9780385325530
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Nutt Robert Van