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Rocket Red

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Absolutely adorable! I love a good children's story that incorporates music! Rocket Red is a super cute read for any family.

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Rocket Red by Cheryl Daveiga and Dave Gibson.
Rocket Red is a small guitar-playing ant with a big dream... AND a big problem.
Join Rocket Red's journey in this funny, punny, action-packed tale of determination, friendship, teamwork, and the power of music.
A lovely read with some great illustrations. Great for your young ones. 5*.

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This is a cute book for children. Little Ant really does have big dreams, great for children to read about. The illustrations are lovely and colourful and there are plenty of puns for the parents, always a nice touch. I also liked the way ANT was in red throughout as it helps children to pick out the word easily. The fun facts at the end were also great. Entertaining and recommended!

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This book is absolutely adorable! I love books about music, and this little book combines both music and a positive message of love and kindness. I especially enjoyed all of the "ant"s throughout the book. Very clever! It is a sweet and fun book for kids and music-loving adults alike.

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This was really cute and heartwarming! Perfect and enjoyable read especially for kids. The determination of the main character to pursue what he wants is something that I consider inspirational yet not everybody has the option to do for some reasons. This book tackles different themes like dreams, friendship, and kindness. It's good that Red, our main character, has these qualities especially the courage to share to the world the talent he has for music. He is indeed a role model that I can see kids will love and remember. These reasons make me aspire more to be like him. Don't do this to me, Red. I'm assessing my choices again.

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This was a short, pun-filled picture book about an ant who saves his own life by playing his guitar for the man about to step on him and giving him ammunition against his mother's criticism of his guitar playing

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A cute and sweet book about a red ant. Wonderful for kids to read just before bedtime. Highly recommended!

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Rock Red
I read this book with my 4 year old. He enjoyed the story a lot. He really enjoyed that the word ant was in red when it was in different words. He found this very amusing and it helped him to break down the words further to read correctly himself. The picture are also brilliant and really make the story come to life more especially for young children. I would highly recommend this book for key stage 1 children. Having the facts at the end was brilliant also as this helped expand upon knowledge for both adults and children alike.

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Cute, interactive read-along with a message of pursuing your dreams and how to accept help from others. Pictures are colorful and provide opportunities for games of "I spy". Science facts are embedded in the text and summarized again at the end of the book. Readers can try to find all the hidden embedded red "ant"s and then check whether they found them all on a website. A creative take on interactive readers for kids aged 4-7.

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A cute, fun little story about a little ant living for his dreams and trying hard to convince everyone around that his dreams will come true as long as he keeps trying and believes in himself.

Love the amazing illustrations. I wish the cover illustrations were a little different. The book is amazing nevertheless.

Thank you, publisher and author/artist, for the advance reader copy.

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This book was fine - I thought that the use of "ant" in normal words on every page was pretty stretched at times, with things like "antlifier" (instead of amplifier). I understand what the author was trying to do but it didn't quite work for me.

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This is a very cute and sweet book about friendship. I love the puns for adults. The illustrations are wonderful. Recommended!

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This was a very cute and short picture book with a theme of friendship. It's sure to make your kids laugh. This is a great bedtime story for children

Thank you to Netgalley and the publsiher for an ARC.

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This was adorable. Red just wants to play music and they’d be happy. But struck with ant duties it isn’t always possible. Love this story show that you can do what you love. Illustrations were great as well!

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A little red ant with big dreams! This was a cute and funny read. I would definitely recommend it for any kids that are looking for a fun action-packed book that covers the themes of friendship and teamwork!

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Rocket Red is a picture book about Red, an ant who loves to play music but his family doesn’t support him. One day he goes out and a man almost steps on him but Red using his music makes him change his mind. Red wants to play in front of everyone but his music isn’t loud enough. Luckily the ants come to help him and at the end everyone listens to music together, the ants and the kids.

I thought this was a great book and I would recommend it to every kid!

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This was a cute short book, that my children loved. It was quickly added to be one of the favorites bedtime stories. I also enjoyed the puns. As a mother I really like how the word ant was in red font while the rest of the words were in black. It really help my 4 year old able to recognize the word ant. We will definitely be reading more books by this author.

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