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The Zippity Zinger

The pressure is on when Hank Zipzer is chosen as pitcher for the softball team at Public School 87's annual Olympiad, the most anticipated day of the school year.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Winkler, Henry, 1945-
Other Authors:	Oliver, Lin
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Grosset & Dunlap, c2004.
Series:	Hank Zipzer, the world's greatest underachiever ;
Subjects:	Schools > Juvenile fiction. Softball > Juvenile fiction.
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Summary:	The pressure is on when Hank Zipzer is chosen as pitcher for the softball team at Public School 87's annual Olympiad, the most anticipated day of the school year.
Physical Description:	154 p. ; 21 cm.
ISBN:	0448431939 0448432870 (hardcover)
Author Notes:	Born in Manhattan, NY in 1945, Henry Winkler rose to fame as television's "The Fonz" on the 1970's sitcom, Happy Days. In 1970, Winkler graduated from the Yale School of Drama and went on to act in various commercials before being cast as Arthur Fonzarelli. After Happy Days, Winkler went on to produce and direct various television shows, as well as continue acting in co-starring roles in movies such as "Scream" and "The Waterboy". Along with his acting and directing career, Henry Winkler is a children's advocate who helped to found the Children's Action Network which helps to provide immunization to children at no charge. He is also involved with several other children's charities and began writing the Hank Zipzer series in 2003 which centers around an adventurous boy with dyslexia.