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I built a rocket ship

"A child is building a rocket ship. They've got plans and cardboard. They bring in all the important things, from the chess board to the good snacks to the cat. And as they build, they speak to someone far away, remembering camping trips, stargazing, and a warm and loving relationship. This person n...

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Main Author: Lazowski, Anna (Author)
Other Authors: Lounsbury, Jennica (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Toronto, ON : Kids Can Press, [2026]
Subjects:
Grief > Juvenile fiction.
Rockets (Aeronautics) > Models > Juvenile fiction.
Picture books.
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Summary:"A child is building a rocket ship. They've got plans and cardboard. They bring in all the important things, from the chess board to the good snacks to the cat. And as they build, they speak to someone far away, remembering camping trips, stargazing, and a warm and loving relationship. This person now feels as far away as the stars--but maybe this rocket ship will take our narrator there. This moving picture book follows a child who's determined to build a rocket ship in honor of a loved one who's died. Dad watches from the sidelines, worried at first, but slowly comes to recognize that this is the way his child has found to grieve. Even in the aftermath of loss, we can find joy and ways to play -- and ways to remember, too. A gentle but powerful book that's sure to tug at the heartstrings of anyone who's ever lost a loved one, even as it celebrates the memories we cherish."--
Item Description:Illustrations rendered in colored pencils and finished digitally.
Physical Description:1 volume (unpaged) : colour illustrations ; 29 cm
Issued also in electronic format.
Audience:Ages‎ 4-8.
ISBN:9781525311314
152531131X
Author Notes:Anna Lazowski wrote her first picture book for a class assignment in the sixth grade and has been creating stories ever since. Now she is an award-winning radio producer and writer, whose journalistic work has been published in various newspapers and magazines, and she is the author of several picture books. She lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba, with her husband, kids and dogs.

Jennica Lounsbury likes to draw and read and draw what she's reading; she likes to cook and eat and draw what she's cooking and eating; she likes to look at people and animals and draw them; and she likes hanging out with kids and drawing all their funny ideas. The illustrator of several picture books, she lives in Hamilton, Ontario, with her family.

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