This is an adorable book about a very smart dog, Rocket who loves to read, but wants to write a story. His little friend, the yellow bird, encourages him to do just that-write his own story! However, Rocket does not know what to write about until he stops and notices the world around him. A classic tale of "write what you know." Concepts: writing, understanding parts of a story, vocabulary (verbs), friendship, encouragement, and observationAward: 2012-School Library Journal Best of Children's Books Ages 3 and up Rocket is learning a lot of new words and wants to use his new words by writing a story. While he has a lot of words, Rocket does not have a story that he wants to tell. One day he meets a little owl in a tree and decides that he is going to write his story about the owl. Everyday he goes and reads to the little owl and the owl moves farther down the tree towards Rocket. At the end of the story the little owl comes down from the tree and sits next to Rocket as he reads his story about his new friend, the little owl.
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Rocket tackles the of writing a story with the same enthusiasm as his goal of learning to read!
—david
A seriously adorable story full of very real advice about writing. Plus a cute owl!
—Lisaloo
Bit long, but still lovely. Easy to follow, great for early literacy.
—Neck
Good little story about how to write a good little story of your own.
—migimo
Great story! Should really encourage children to write.
—hellonana
