{"id":8260915822829,"title":"Clack, Clack! Smack!","handle":"clack-clack-smack","description":"\u003ch1\u003eClack, Clack! Smack!\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eA Cherokee Stickball Story\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003e\u003cspan color=\"red\" style=\"color: red;\"\u003eComing August 6, 2024. Pre-order today!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - ENTER AUTHOR\/ILLUSTRATOR INFO BELOW - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.charlesbridge.com\/pages\/traci-sorell\"\u003eTraci Sorell\u003c\/a\u003e\/ Illustrated by: \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/joseph-erb\"\u003eJoseph Erb\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - ENTER HEADING BELOW - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eVann, a struggling stickball player, competes in a game on the Cherokee Nation. Can he help his team win? 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Clack, Clack! Smack!

Clack, Clack! Smack!

A Cherokee Stickball Story

Coming August 6, 2024. Pre-order today!

By: Traci Sorell/ Illustrated by: Joseph Erb

Vann, a struggling stickball player, competes in a game on the Cherokee Nation. Can he help his team win? Written by award-winning Cherokee author Traci Sorell.

Vann loves his tribe’s traditional sport of stickball, but he’s not as skilled as his teammates. Vann stumbles, and he tries and fails to score. How can he help his teammates win the game?

Exciting and fast-paced, Clack, Clack! Smack! reminds readers that sportsmanship and being a team player is just as important as being the star. Back matter explains the Cherokee game of stickball, still played today.

Maximum quantity available reached.

Traci Sorell, author

Traci Sorell writes fiction and nonfiction for children featuring contemporary characters and compelling biographies. She is the author of Powwow Day, We Are Still Here!, We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga, and coauthor of Mascot. She is an enrolled citizen of the Cherokee Nation and lives in northeastern Oklahoma, where her tribe is located.

Read more about Traci Sorell.


Joseph Erb, illustrator

Joseph Erb is a computer animator, film producer, educator, language technologist and artist enrolled in the Cherokee Nation. He earned his MFA degree from the University of Pennsylvania. Erb created the first Cherokee animation in the Cherokee language, “The Beginning They Told.” He has spent many years working on projects that will expand the use of Cherokee language in technology and the arts. He teaches at the University of California Santa Cruz. He has spent his life in the continued dedication to continue Indigenous stories and language.

Read more about Joseph Erb.

  • A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard selection

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Hardcover
ISBN:978-1-62354-193-4

Ages: 4-7
Page count: 32
TRIM SIZE 8 x 10

Publication date: August 6, 2024