Summary
Meet Ralph! He loves all things that go, and he especially loves rocket ships. Oh--and he's Katy Duck's best dog pal, Get to know him in this Level 1 Ready-to-Read story for beginning readers.
"A rocket ship can take me
up to the stars,"
said Ralph.
"A rocket ship can take me
to the moon!"
"A rocket ship can take me
to planets far, far, away!
Zip-zoom-whoosh!"
All Ralph wants is a rocket ship. So he asks his mom for one. "Too big," she tells him. Ralph asks his dad. "Too tall," he tells Ralph. What will Ralph do? With a little bit of imagination, a stack! stack!, a bang! bang!, and a tape, tape, tape, tape! , Ralph soon has his rocket ship. And it's even big enough to fit his good pal Katy Duck, too!
Prolific children's book author Alyssa Satin Capucilli was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1957. She earned her B.A. from Sarah Lawrence College in New York, where she has also taught writing. She was a professional dancer and dance instructor before her writing career began. Her first published book was a lift-the-flap work called Peekaboo Bunny, and she is well known for her series for beginning readers featuring the puppy Biscuit.
(Bowker Author Biography)
