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Joy in Mudville
Contributor(s): Raczka, Robert (Author), Dibley, Glin (Illustrator)

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ISBN: 0761360158     ISBN-13: 9780761360155
Publisher: Carolrhoda Books (R)
OUR PRICE: $15.26  

Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: April 2014
* Out of Print *
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Sports & Recreation - Baseball
- Juvenile Fiction | Girls & Women
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Self-esteem & Self-reliance
Dewey: E
LCCN: 2013018619
Age Level: 4-9
Grade Level: PreK-4
Lexile Measure: 810 AD (Adult Directed Text)
Physical Information: 0.4" H x 9.4" W x 11.1" L (0.90 lbs) 32 pages
Themes:
- Sex & Gender - Girl's Interest
Features: Dust Cover, Ikids, Illustrated, Price on Product
Awards: Black-Eyed Susan Award, Nominee, Picture Book, 2015
Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 02/01/2014
Publishers Weekly 02/10/2014
School Library Journal 04/01/2014 pg. 133
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2014 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 164162
Reading Level: 4.3   Interest Level: Lower Grades   Point Value: 0.5
 
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.
Publisher Description:

It had been only twenty-four hours since Mighty Casey struck out, plunging fans of the Mudville team into gloom and despair. But a new game day dawned, and Casey once again proved his might with a homer in the eighth. The Mudville nine took a one-run lead, but in the bottom of the ninth, their hurler walked three straight.

Bases loaded and the starting pitcher spent, the Mudville manager was not bullish about his bullpen. With the game on the line, he called for rookie Joy Armstrong to take the mound. Could she bring joy to Mudville again--and prove that a girl can play ball as well as any boy?


Contributor Bio(s): Raczka, Robert: - Bob Raczka and his wife Amy are the co-creators of three masterpieces: Robert, Carl and Emma. They live in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, with their dog Rufus, who is also a piece of work. As a boy, Bob loved to draw--especially dinosaurs, cars, and airplanes. He also enjoyed making paper airplanes and model rockets. He's a lifelong Cubs fan. Thanks to good grades (and some help from his high school art teachers) he went to college at the University of Illinois, where he majored in art. On a whim, Bob took an advertising copywriting class and loved it. When he graduated, he became an advertising writer. But when his first child, Robert, was born, he rediscovered children's books and thought, "I want to do this." So Bob began sending out manuscripts and collecting rejection letters. Five years later, he sold his first manuscript, a book about art called No One Saw. Little did he know, it would become the first book in his ongoing series, Bob Raczka's Art Adventures.
 
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