Hedgie Blasts Off! by Jan Brett hippo educator and veterinarian

educator and veterinarian

for their decomposers

or a journal for kids who want to keep a time capsule of their own ideas about the world--whimsicial or serious

An author and illustrator of both fiction and non-fiction picture books

a book that provides a road map for seeking knowledge and compassion even at the worst of times

Hedgie Blasts Off! by Jan Brett hippo educator and veterinarianMore than anything Hedgie wants to be an astronaut and travel into space. He gets his chance the day the geyser, Big Sparkler, starts to sputter and fade, disappointing all the alien tourists, who fly to the tiny planet of Mikkop to throw coins into Big Sparkler and look at the strange flowers that survive on its sparkles. Because only Hedgie can fit into a small space ship, he flies to Mikkop, where he not only finds out what is clogging up Big