How Rocket Learned to Read by Tad Hills

How Rocket Learned to Read by Tad Hills

Learn to read with this New York Times-bestselling picture book, starring an irresistible dog named Rocket and his teacher, a little yellow bird. Follow along as Rocket masters the alphabet, sounds out words, and finally . . . learns to read all on his own

With a story that makes reading fun--and will even help listeners learn to read--this book is ideal for kindergarten classrooms and story hour or as a gift for that beginning reader. Fresh, charming art by Tad Hills, the New York Times bestselling author/illustrator of Duck & Goose, will make this a favorite.

And don't miss the instant #1 New York Times Bestseller, Rocket Writes a Story.

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.

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ISBN 13	9780375858994
ISBN 10	0375858997
Title	How Rocket Learned to Read
Author	Tad Hills
Series	Rocket
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Random House Studio
Year published	2010-07-27
Number of pages	40
Prizes	Winner of Chicago Public Library’s Best of the Best books 2010, Winner of Cooperative Children's Book Center Choices 2011, Winner of IRA Teachers' Choices 2011, Winner of Irma Simonton Black Award., Winner of New York Times Bestseller 2010, Winner of Parents' Choice Silver Honor Book 2010, Winner of Publishers Weekly Bestsellers 2010, Short-listed for Bank Street Child Study Children's Book Award., Short-listed for CBC Awards & Honors., Short-listed for IRA Children's Choices.
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