Rocket the Dog: Loves Hide-and-Seek! (Step-into-Reading, Lvl 1)

Ages 4 to 6, Grades P to 1

Kids are learning to read with Rocket! Rocket, the star of Tad Hills’s New York Times bestselling picture books, returns in an all-new, easy-to-read book about a game of hide and seek that he just can’t seem to win.

Rocket, Bella, and Owl are playing hide and seek! Game after game, Rocket gets found first, which makes for hurt feelings. Seeing as their friend is down, Bella and Owl come up with a plan to make the game fun again! With its simple words, lots of repetition, and bright, colorful illustrations, young readers will love this Rocket book about solving problems, which they can ready all by themselves!

Want more easy-to-read fun with Rocket? Don’t miss Rocket and the Perfect Pumpkin!

Series Overview: ROCKET EXTENSION PROGRAM

Summer 2020

How Rocket Learned to Read (Board, 07/14/2020)

Rocket and the Perfect Pumpkin (Step into Reading, 07/14/2020)

Fall 2020

Rocket’s First Christmas (Board)

Rocket Loves Hide and Seek! (Step into Reading, 11/10/2020)

Spring 2021

Rocket non-holiday title to come (Board)

Summer 2021

Rocket’s First Halloween (Board)

Untitled Rocket Halloween (Step into Reading)

Rocket Activity Book

Fall 2021

Rocket non-holiday title to come (Board)

Rocket Has a Sleepover (Step into Reading)

About the Author

Tad Hills is the author and illustrator of the highly acclaimed New York Times bestselling picture books How Rocket Learned to Read; Rocket Writes a Story; Duck & Goose; Duck, Duck, Goose; and Duck & Goose Go to the Beach. His other books include the ALA-ALSC Notable Children’s Book What’s Up, Duck?; Duck & Goose: It’s Time for Christmas!; and four Step into Reading titles: Drop it, Rocket!, Rocket’s 100th Day of School, Rocket the Brave!, and Rocket’s Very Fine Day. Tad lives in Brooklyn with his wife, their two children, and a real dog named Rocket. Visit him on the web at tadhills.com or follow him on Twitter at @tadhills.

Author Residence: Brooklyn, NY

Author Hometown: Boston, MA