Patrick's Pals #1: Runnin' with the Big Dawgs

by Robb Armstrong, Bruce Smith

Who's Got Skills When Patrick first meets Dikembe-'the new kid intown'-he's really pumped to have a new player on his team. He and Dikembe see eye to eye on just about everything'-and it's not just because they're both so tall! There's only one problem. Patrick's team, the Sky Walkers, say Dikembe just doesn't have the skills to run the drills. When they tell Dikembe to walk, Patrick has to will he dis his team . . . or his new best friend?

96 pages, Paperback

First published June 30, 1998

About the author

Robb Armstrong is an American cartoonist, best known for creating the comic strip Jump Start, as well some of his motivational speeches. He was on March 4, 1962 born in Philadelphia and now lives near the city in Conshohocken with his wife and two children. He graduated from Syracuse University with a bachelor's degree in Fine Arts.

On May 19, 2012, Robb Armstrong received an honorary “Doctor of Humane Letters”, Honoris causa degree from Holy Family University in Pennsylvania.