Kids are learning to read with Rocket! Rocket, the star of Tad Hills's New York Times bestselling picture books, returns in a new Level 1 Step into Reading story, this time about the joy of being kind.
Tad Hills is the #1 New York Times bestselling author and
illustrator of the Rocket and Duck & Goose series, including the
New York Times bestselling picture books How Rocket Learned to
Read; Rocket Writes a Story; R Is for Rocket; Duck & Goose; Duck,
Duck, Goose; Duck & Goose Go to the Beach; and Duck & Goose, Honk!
Quack! Boo! He also created various board books in these series,
including Rocket's Mighty Words; Duck & Goose Find a Pumpkin; the
ALA-ALSC Notable Children's Book What's Up, Duck?- A Book of
Opposites; Duck & Goose- Here Comes the Easter Bunny!; and several
Step Into Reading titles, including Drop It, Rocket! and Rocket's
100th Day of School.
The Boston Globe declared Hills's work "charming, funny, simple,
and surprising" and dubbed him "a master of the light comic
touch."
Tad lives in Brooklyn, New York, with his wife, two children, and
his real-life dog, Rocket, who has not yet learned to read.
Visit Tad online at tadhills.com, and follow him on Twitter at
@tadhills.
Praise for How Rocket Learned to Read
“Defies gravity. Rocket is lovable.” —The Boston Globe
“A perfect picture book for kids three to seven.” —Chicago
Sun-Times
“Tad Hills celebrates the joy of learning, as well as the power of
a good teacher to change lives.” —The Seattle Times
Praise for Rocket Writes a Story
“Empower[s] young children to engage their fertile imaginations.”
—The New York Times
*“A perfect choice to inspire new readers and writers.” —Kirkus
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