Hit a home run with Charlie Brown, Lucy, and the rest of the Peanuts gang as they play baseball in this Level 2 Ready-to-Read! Springtime means it’s baseball season, and Charlie Brown wants this to be the year his team finally wins a game! Charlie Brown’s only option is to make some trades to improve his team. He calls Peppermint Patty to make a deal, but she tells him there’s only one player on his team she wants, “the funny-looking little kid with the big nose.” Snoopy! Peppermint Patty offers Charlie Brown five good players for Snoopy. But will Charlie Brown trade his beloved beagle just to win a ball game? © 2015 Peanuts Worldwide LLC Charles M. Schulz is a legend. He was the hand and heart behind fifty years of Peanuts , which featured one of the world’s most beloved and recognizable casts of cartoon characters, until his death in 2000. Tina Gallo has worked in children’s publishing for twenty years. She has written more than sixty children’s books and currently resides in Throggs Neck, New York. With over thirty years in animation, comic books, magazine illustration, and children’s books, Robert Pope’s family has seen a great deal of the back of his head. Robert currently illustrates the Peanuts gang for both BOOM comics and Simon Spotlight’s Ready-to-Read series. He also pencils Looney Tunes for DC comics! Robert has drawn for Scooby-Doo, Batman: The Brave and the Bold , Space Ghost Coast to Coast , Johnny Bravo , The Powerpuff Girls , Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends , The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy , and many others for both comics and animation.