In other news, an exasperated Lucy throws Schroeders piano into the maw of the kite-eating tree, with gruesome results... Miss Othmar goes on strike and Linus gets involved... Charlie Browns baseball team has an actual (brief) winning streak... Snoopys quest to compete in the Oakland ice skating competition is thwarted by his inability to find a partner... Charlie Brown goes to a banquet to meet his hapless baseball hero Joe Shlabotnik... Snoopy is left in the Van Pelt familys care as Charlie and Sally Brown head out of town for a vacation... and (alas) the Little Red-Haired Girl moves away.. This volume also features a new introduction by renowned illustrator Mo Willems and, as always, gorgeous design by award-winning cartoonist Seth.