Speak Up!

Join the brilliantly passionate and instantly loveable Rocket as she organises a peaceful protest to save her local library!

Bookworm Rocket loves to collect new books on her weekly visit to the library, and to read all about inspirational figures like Rosa Parks. She is heartbroken when she discovers the library will be closing down! Can she use what she's learnt from Rosa and speak up to save the day?

This empowering, heartwarming picture book is a love letter to libraries and the power of reading. And it shows the incredible power we ALL have when we find our voice and speak up about the things that matter.

Read more Rocket stories from award winning duo Nathan Bryon and Dapo Adeola:
Look Up!
Clean Up!

Love the series? Check out Dapo Adeola's debut picture book Hey You!, a lyrical celebration on growing up Black.

About Nathan Bryon

Nathan Bryon is an actor, a BAFTA nominated writer and a Sunday Time Best Selling Author, who grew up eating as much Uxbridge Road Caribbean food as his bank balance would allow. His first book Look Up! was the number 1 picture book from a debut author and illustrator in 2019 and won the Waterstones Children’s book prize in 2020.


Nathan’s debut feature film RYE LANE which he co-wrote with Tom Melia was released in 2023. The movie was made in partnership with BFI BBC Films and Fox Searchlight and has received 16 BIFA nominations.
Details
  • Imprint: Puffin
  • ISBN: 9780241418420
  • Length: 32 pages
  • Price: £3.99
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