Rocket and the Perfect Pumpkin
- Paperback
32 pages
- Release Date
14 October 2020
Summary
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.
It’s a beautiful day at the pumpkin patch! There, Rocket and Bella find the perfect pumpkin. But as the friends try to take the pumpkin home, it rolls downhill and lands in front of Mr. Barker’s doghouse. Can Rocket and Bella get their pumpkin back?
With its simple words, lots of repetition, and bright, colorful illu…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780593177853 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0593177851 |
| Author: | Tad Hills |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Random House USA Children's Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 32 |
| Release Date: | 14 October 2020 |
| Weight: | 92g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
| Series: | Step into Reading |
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What They're Saying
Critics Review
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 Reviews, Starred
About The Author
Tad Hills
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.
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