Tad Hills, author portrait

Tad Hills

Tad Hills is the #1 New York Times bestselling author and illustrator of the Rocket and Duck & Goose series, including the New York Times bestselling picture books How Rocket Learned to Read; Rocket Writes a Story; R Is for Rocket; Duck & Goose; Duck, Duck, Goose; Duck & Goose Go to the Beach; and Duck & Goose, Honk! Quack! Boo! He also created various board books in these series, including Rocket’s Mighty Words; Duck & Goose Find a Pumpkin; the ALA-ALSC Notable Children’s Book What’s Up, Duck?: A Book of Opposites; Duck & Goose: Here Comes the Easter Bunny!; and several Step Into Reading titles, including Drop It, Rocket! and Rocket’s 100th Day of School.
 
The Boston Globe declared Hills’s work “charming, funny, simple, and surprising” and dubbed him “a master of the light comic touch.”
 
Tad lives in Brooklyn, New York, with his wife, two children, and his real-life dog, Rocket, who has not yet learned to read.
 
Visit Tad online at tadhills.com, and follow him on Twitter at @tadhills.
Rocket's Secret Valentine
Rocket Finds an Egg
Rocket Has a Sleepover
¡Suéltala, Rocket! (Drop It, Rocket! Spanish Edition)
Rocket's Puppy Friends
1st Grade Reading Success Boxed Set
Rocket Loves Hide-and-Seek!
Mistletoe
Rocket and the Perfect Pumpkin
Rocket's Very Fine Day
Duck & Goose, A Gift for Goose
Rocket the Brave!
Duck & Goose, Honk! Quack! Boo!
Duck & Goose
Duck & Goose, Let's Dance! (with an original song)
R Is for Rocket: An ABC Book
Duck & Goose Colors
Rocket's 100th Day of School (Step Into Reading, Step 1)
Drop It, Rocket!
Duck & Goose Go to the Beach
Rocket's Mighty Words
Duck & Goose, Goose Needs a Hug
Rocket Writes a Story
Duck & Goose, Here Comes the Easter Bunny!
Duck & Goose, Find a Pumpkin
What's Up, Duck?
Duck & Goose, 1, 2, 3
Duck & Goose, How Are You Feeling?
Duck & Goose, It's Time for Christmas!
Duck, Duck, Goose
How Rocket Learned to Read
Waking Up Wendell
Duck & Goose

Books

Rocket's Secret Valentine
Rocket Finds an Egg
Rocket Has a Sleepover
¡Suéltala, Rocket! (Drop It, Rocket! Spanish Edition)
Rocket's Puppy Friends
1st Grade Reading Success Boxed Set
Rocket Loves Hide-and-Seek!
Mistletoe
Rocket and the Perfect Pumpkin
Rocket's Very Fine Day
Duck & Goose, A Gift for Goose
Rocket the Brave!
Duck & Goose, Honk! Quack! Boo!
Duck & Goose
Duck & Goose, Let's Dance! (with an original song)
R Is for Rocket: An ABC Book
Duck & Goose Colors
Rocket's 100th Day of School (Step Into Reading, Step 1)
Drop It, Rocket!
Duck & Goose Go to the Beach
Rocket's Mighty Words
Duck & Goose, Goose Needs a Hug
Rocket Writes a Story
Duck & Goose, Here Comes the Easter Bunny!
Duck & Goose, Find a Pumpkin
What's Up, Duck?
Duck & Goose, 1, 2, 3
Duck & Goose, How Are You Feeling?
Duck & Goose, It's Time for Christmas!
Duck, Duck, Goose
How Rocket Learned to Read
Waking Up Wendell
Duck & Goose

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