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  • Published: 11 April 2022
  • ISBN: 9780593181263
  • Imprint: RHUS Children's Books
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 32
  • RRP: $14.99

Rocket Finds an Egg




Kids are learning to read with Rocket! The beloved puppy from Tad Hills's New York Times bestselling picture books returns in a Step 1 early reader that proves every egg has a nest.

Kids are learning to read with Rocket! The beloved puppy from Tad Hills's New York Times bestselling picture books returns in a Step 1 early reader that proves every egg has a nest.

Rocket and his friend Bella found an egg! The birds in the meadow don't know whose it is. The egg is too small, too colorless, or too round to be theirs! Will the friends return the egg to its nest? With its simple words, lots of repetition, and bright, colorful illustrations, young readers will love this Step 1 leveled reader about Rocket, which they can ready all by themselves!

Step 1 Readers feature big type and easy words. Rhymes and rhythmic text paired with picture clues help children decode the story. Perfect for early readers of Rocket the Brave and Drop it, Rocket! and children who know the alphabet and are eager to begin reading

  • Published: 11 April 2022
  • ISBN: 9780593181263
  • Imprint: RHUS Children's Books
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 32
  • RRP: $14.99

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.
 
Visit Tad online at tadhills.com, and follow him on Twitter at @tadhills.

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Praise for Rocket Finds an Egg

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