Rocket Writes a Story

This is a cute story about a puppy named Rocket learning to write a story with the help of a little yellow bird who is his teacher. The bird teaches him new words every time Rocket finds something new. This is a good story when teaching kids words and how to write stories. It may be a bit lengthy and some kids may become uninterested but as long as there may be some type of activity that goes along with the story they should want to pay attention. ( )

Ages 5 - 9. A story about a dog that gets inspiration for a story. He uses a word tree to show all the words he may want to include in his story. His teacher, a bird, is helpful at encouraging Rocket to keep writing. Owl, who the story is about becomes friends with Rocket and likes the story. ( )

Even better than [b:How Rocket Learned to Read|7622249|How Rocket Learned to Read|Tad Hills|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1320406038s/7622249.jpg|10099159]. As Rocket is getting more comfortable with his reading, his teacher encourages him to search out new words. But what to do with all these words? Put them all together in a story about something that inspires him! Along the way, Rocket learns some hard truths about writing (it doesn't always come easily), but discovers what he really is passionate about and makes a friend in the process. Lovely story that will get 1st and 2nd graders thinking about the stories THEY want to write down and share. ( )

Book-loving pooch learns to write and pens a story about his new friend, Owl. ( )

The theme of this book is that writing can be fun. This book also emphasizes that anyone can write-- all you need is a little inspiration, a few words, a lot of perseverance, and an audience. This book also emphasizes how printed words have the capacity to connect people. This book could be used in the classroom to facilitate a discussion about the writing process as followed by Rocket in the story.