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  • Published: 13 February 2023
  • ISBN: 9780593181331
  • Imprint: RHUS Children's Books
  • Format: Board Book
  • Pages: 22
  • RRP: $17.99

Rocket's Secret Valentine



Celebrate Valentine's Day with Rocket, the canine star of Tad Hills's New York Times bestselling picture books, in this new adventure!

Celebrate Valentine's Day with Rocket, the canine star of Tad Hills's New York Times bestselling picture books, in this new adventure!

Someone is leaving friendly notes for Rocket. . . . It must be a secret valentine! But who could it be?

Join Rocket, Bella, and Owl as they look for clues, follow the notes, and try to solve the mystery! Each "note" contains a rhyming stanza with the last word missing, inviting readers to join in the fun, guess the answer, and help Rocket get one step closer to finding his secret valentine.

  • Published: 13 February 2023
  • ISBN: 9780593181331
  • Imprint: RHUS Children's Books
  • Format: Board Book
  • Pages: 22
  • RRP: $17.99

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's Secret Valentine

Praise for the Rocket series

"Defies gravity. Rocket is lovable." --The Boston Globe
"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