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Authors: Tad Hills
Rocket Writes a Story
Copyright © 2012 by Tad Hills
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Hills, Tad.
Rocket writes a story /
Tad Hills. — 1st ed. p. cm.
Sequel to: How Rocket learned to read.
Summary: “Rocket writes a story about a new
friend, the owl”—Provided by publisher.
eISBN: 978-0-307-97491-4
[1. Authorship—Fiction. 2. Books and reading—Fiction.
3. Dogs—Fiction. 4. Owls—Fiction. 5. Birds—Fiction.]
I. Title.
PZ7.H563737Roc 2012
[E]—dc23
The illustrations were rendered in oil paint and colored pencil.
Random House Children’s Books supports the First Amendment and celebrates the right to read.
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To Jonanna, who is optimistic and always supportive and loves to laugh at a good story
R
ocket loved books. He loved to read them to himself or to sit quietly by his teacher, the little yellow bird, as she read them aloud.
Rocket even liked the way books smelled. When he opened a new book, it smelled like a place he’d never been to, like a friend he’d never met.
The little yellow bird agreed. “Books are inspiring! They make me sing.”
Rocket loved words, too. After snack time his teacher would say, “Rocket, why don’t you use that nose of yours to sniff out some new words?”
And off he’d go. He’d fetch some nice ones like
,
and
,
and
,
and
nest
.
“I’m looking for words,” Rocket would announce to anyone who’d listen.
