Sparkling Stars #30

Saxie and Peaches sneak little Booboo into a basketball game at the school gymnasium by disguising him with balloons—but when the energetic toddler decides he wants to join in the action, chaos erupts on the court. As the game spirals into mayhem, Booboo's parents arrive home early to discover their son is missing, and the trail leads them straight to the gymnasium for a reckoning with the well-meaning but thoroughly reckless babysitters.

A world-famous ski instructor and innovator of the Christiania turn, Hannes Schneider built a prestigious Alpine school that attracted royalty and champions—until Nazi occupation forced him into a German concentration camp. With help from an American banker friend, Schneider executes a daring escape and finds refuge in the United States, where he sets his sights on bringing world-class skiing instruction to New Hampshire.

Rogus Rabbit receives his detective certificate and sets out to solve the famous cold case of Cock Robin's murder, starting with a visit to the victim's widow and eventually confronting the prime suspect, Jasper Crow. When Rogus discovers a bow and arrow hidden in Crow's home, the case takes a dramatic turn—but solving this nursery rhyme mystery proves trickier than the ambitious rabbit anticipated.

Track the blood-soaked rise and fall of Dutch Schultz as he claws his way from street-corner punk to bootleg racket boss, muscling into the numbers game with murder and extortion until rival gangs decide his reign has lasted long enough. This true-crime saga, drawn from actual detective files, follows the Dutchman's ruthless climb through the underworld and the violent reckoning that catches up with him at the Park Grill.

Eighteen-year-old Nina Irwin of New York holds the Women's Eastern Singles and Doubles titles and is climbing toward the National championship, coached by her mother who herself won the Metropolitan crown four times. Beginning her tournament wins at just 14 years old, Nina has amassed an impressive collection of trophies, and when she's not on the court, she works as a cartoonist for one of the largest studios in the East.