How Rocket Learned to Read
by Tad Hills
Kids Wings Award Book

Rocket was a little dog who loved to frolic in the grass, play, chew sticks. and sleep contentedly beneath his favorite shade tree. The thought of reading never crossed his mind until a little birdy teacher landed in his tree and announced that school was about to start!

Rocket was a reluctant student at first until he started listening to the little bird's story of an unlucky dog named Buster who had lost his bone. He needed to know how the story ended. So, the little bird began to teach him how to read. How could she use what she had around them...the wind...a dog's growl...a worm?

As the little bird migrated in the fall, she reminded Rocket that words are made one letter at a time. All winter, Rocket practiced writing his letters in the snow and spelling words like D-I-G, S-U-N, C-O-L-D, and finally M-U-D. Can you guess what happened in the spring?

How Rocket Learns to Read is the perfect book for starting school in kindergarten and first grade!