Author & Illustrator: Tad Hills
Publisher: Schwartz & Wade
Publication Year: 2012
Location: Knox County Public Library- Lawson McGhee
Awards: School Library Journal best book; Kirkus, Publisher's Weekly, & School Library Journal starred reviews
Summary: For Rocket, a book is "a place he'd never been, like a friend he'd never met." He loves books and words and decides he will write his own story. Unfortunately, a blank page is scary! His teacher and the bird try to help him with ideas, and he decides to write a story about an owl he sees living in a pine tree. As he visits Owl and learns more about her, he finishes her story and shares it with his new friend Owl.
Classroom Ideas: Obviously, this book is perfect for beginning writers- the intimidation of the empty page, the coming up with inspiration, the choosing good words, the writing of an ending. There is also lovely language here and some figurative language as well. (I love how Rocket goes to sniff out new words! What fun that would be to create a bulletin board around...)
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