Rocket's Christmas Surprise (Rocket)

by Tad Hills (Author)

Reading Level: 2nd − 3rd Grade
Series: Rocket
Rocket, the star of Tad Hills's New York Times-bestselling picture books, returns in a brand-new, original board book to celebrate Christmas with his friends! It's Christmas Eve, and Rocket is excited! He has made a book for Santa called Rocket Waits Up for Santa, and he's looking forward to giving it to him. Rocket's friends, Bella and Owl, have gifts for Santa too. They put all of their presents under a pine tree and wait and wait under the stars. Soon the friends get very sleepy. They decide that it's okay to take a quick nap, so they all fall asleep. The next morning they see that their gifts are gone, but in their place is a notebook and pencils for Rocket, a wooly hat for Owl, and a red velvet bag for Bella. On the first page of Rocket's notebook there is a note from Santa, telling Rocket how much he loves the book that Rocket made for him. Merry Christmas, Rocket!
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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.
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780593179222
Lexile Measure
-
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Random House Books for Young Readers
Publication date
September 20, 2020
Series
Rocket
BISAC categories
JUV051000 - Juvenile Fiction | Imagination & Play
JUV002070 - Juvenile Fiction | Animals | Dogs
JUV017010 - Juvenile Fiction | Holidays & Celebrations | Christmas & Advent
Library of Congress categories
Dogs
Christmas stories
Board books
Christmas
Rocket

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