With hardly a thought of her old crusty broomstick, Hilda jangled her spangles and thinly sropted socks Sprinting across the cold metal rooftop she jumped on her new rocket-fuel Vox Kerry Batchelder, writing under the pen name Grandma Batchie, hopes to promote fun through reading. Her belief in good family values prompts her to write books with not only color and imagination, but a a good learning tool for children as well. In this story Hilda quickly learns that material things do not bring true happiness. Excited about her new-fangled rocket-fuel Vox, she sets out to see the world. In doing so she quickly realizes how much she misses home, her friendly pet spider and cat in a box.