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Board Book · Ages 0–3 · December 13, 2022
Rocket's Secret Valentine
By Tad Hills
Rocket receives mysterious notes. Who's the secret valentine?
22 pages
3.4/5 Goodreads · 58 ratings
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Children's book Author & Illustrator
Tad Hills
Biography
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.
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Book Stats
31
Authored
17
Illustrated
3
Collaborators
Picture books
19
Board books
13
Publishing timeline
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Publication timeline from 2006 to 2022.
Book mix
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Book type breakdown: 19 picture books, 13 board books.
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Join Rocket the dog on a fun journey to learn simple words.
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Creative company
Collaborators
The authors and illustrators who share the credits across Tad Hills's books.
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