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Rocket Says Look Up!

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Sprinkled with facts about meteors and space, this charming picture book is also a lovely representation of family, sibling relationships and one girl’s infectious enthusiasm. The dynamic interaction between the characters invites readers to take risks, push boundaries, and have a little unscripted fun of their own Obviously kids you show an intrest in exploration should be encouraged, but phones are certainly not evil.

ROCKET SAYS LOOK UP! | Kirkus Reviews ROCKET SAYS LOOK UP! | Kirkus Reviews

An extra !!!! for the illustrator's nonsense about how he creates "art that challenges assumptions about gender, race and ethnicity in a fun and upbeat way." Perhaps that's what he does in his unpublished work, but there's no challenge here, except to guess which computer software he uses to create utterly ho-hum art like this. As my assistant, a truly talented artist commented: "Whenever you give me a pile of picture books to look at, 5 or 6 of them look like this."I spotted this book over at the library (in Dutch) and just had to take it home with me. It looked adorable and I also cannot resist books about space! The story also follows her brother Jamal who is constantly looking down at his phone, the book then takes a weird turn and hammers home the message of constantly looking at a phone is bad.

Rocket Says Look Up! by Nathan Bryon - Publishers Weekly Rocket Says Look Up! by Nathan Bryon - Publishers Weekly

The sister-brother relationship was a bit awkward probably because of the huge difference in years, but Jamal does show that he cares for his sister! The ending with the two of them just made me smile. A fun story about a little girl who wants to be an astronaut pestering her older brother to take her to see a meteor shower. Love the art and I like that there are facts about meteor showers throughout.

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