Rocket Out of the Park by Andrea Cascardi, The Jim Henson Company
Published by Candlewick Press on April 2019
ISBN: 1536203122
Pages: 48
Genres: Realistic Fiction
Format: Chapter Book Fiction
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Apparently Dot is a popular animated preschool series about “an 8-year old inquisitive and exuberant tech-savvy girl who launches herself into adventures and fearlessly sets about solving problems,” but I was not familiar with it. In this story, Dot is at the Creative Fair where she and her friends are making fizz-powered rockets. Dot is intent on making her rocket the fastest of them all with no decorations to weigh it down while her friends have other goals. All turn out to be the “best” rockets. While I liked the concept, the vocabulary seemed too challenging for an early reader. I am not sure what audience this book would appeal to as the concepts seems more for 8-10 year olds but the book format seems for 6-7 year old. The author really missed an opportunity to include plans or directions for kids to make their own rockets.

Reviewed by Liberty Library, Liberty