My Rainy Day Rocket Ship
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Picture Book · Ages 4–8 · 2020

My Rainy Day Rocket Ship

By Markette Sheppard, Charly Palmer (Illustrator)

A rainy day sparks an indoor space adventure beyond imagination.

4.0/7 Bookroo expert·3.7/5 Goodreads · 283 ratings
32 pages
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On a stormy afternoon, a young dreamer defies boredom with a homemade rocket ship. Using a chair, a box, and boundless imagination, he embarks on a cosmic journey. Will his adventure reach the stars, or is there more to discover within his own home? This tale celebrates the limitless creativity of a boy who transforms the ordinary into the extraordinary, proving that the sky is never the limit when you dream big.

From the publisher

Rainy summer days are no match for a little astronaut who builds the perfect rocket ship for an indoor space adventure to another galaxy, where the sky is his only limit!

A stormy afternoon and an order from Mom to stay inside are no match for this little dreamer, who uses everyday household items—a rocket chair, a cardboard box, an old dish rag, and a super-duper imagination—to whip up a trip around the universe he won’t soon forget.

My Rainy Day Rocket Ship is a high-spirited, engaging salute to the imagination of Black boys who use their beautiful minds to transform the mundane into the extraordinary, dream out loud, and boldly go where their sky is the only limit.

At a glance
Format
Hardcover
Pages
32
Reading age
4–8
Audience
Picture
Lexile
AD520L
Themes & topics
Books about imaginationBooks about imagination and playBooks about aeronautics, astronautics and space scienceBooks about vehiclesBooks about outer space
What readers & critics say

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4.0

This book had potential and beautiful illustrations, but the book's cadence and rhyming were enough off that if felt cumbersome to read aloud.

Marmee

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Book details

Reading levels
ATOS
~3.4
F&P level
~N
Publication
Published
May 5, 2020
Edition
Language
English
Type
Picture Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9781534461772

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