First Day of Groot!

by Brendan Deneen

Overview

The second book in the hit Rocket and Groot picture book series!

Check out the rest of the books in the series: Night Night, Groot and Snow Day for Groot!

You’ll find adventure at every turn. Now, come on, quick—it’s time to learn!

Just like the rest of us, Groot’s learning that there’s a first time (and a first day!) for everything. Follow Rocket and Groot as they set off across the galaxy learning new lessons, developing new skills, and making new memories with friends along the way.

With so many new experiences on the horizon, Groot’s sure to have a first day rooted in spectacular fun, heroics, and everything in between. Don’t be late for this thrilling adventure with the mightiest heroes from Earth and beyond!

Told in rhyme and accompanied by colorful and action-packed illustrations, First Day of Groot! is the perfect story to help little learners get excited about first-time experiences.


Be sure to check out the rest of the series!

• Night Night Groot (available as a picture book and board book!)
• Snow Day for Groot!
• Summer Adventure for Groot!

As well as other delightfully illustrated Marvel Press picture books:

• Captain Marvel: What Makes a Hero
• Captain Marvel: Beware the Flerken!
• Spider-Man Far From Home: Spider-Man Swings Through Europe!
• Grow Up, Ant-Man!
• Spider-Man, Spider-Man

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781368000697
Publisher:	Disney Publishing Group
Publication date:	07/02/2019
Series:	Adventures of Rocket and Groot Series
Pages:	32
Sales rank:	413,012
Product dimensions:	8.60(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range:	3 - 5 Years

About the Author

Brendan Deneen is the award-winning author of Night Night, Groot, as well as the all-ages graphic novels Flash Gordon: The Mercy Wars and The Island of Misfit Toys. He is the father of two young daughters, who also love to explore the cosmos with their dad (or sometimes just the backyard)!



Cale Atkinson is an author and illustrator whose titles include Explorers of the Wild, To the Sea, Off & Away, Sir Simon: Super Scarer, and more. When he's not helping the Avengers defend the Earth or adventuring with Rocket and Groot, he can be found with his family in Kelowna, British Columbia.

Editorial Reviews

06/24/2019

In this marginal story by the creators of Night Night, Groot, a young Groot, the extraterrestrial, treelike member of Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy, takes off on an educational adventure with his buddy Rocket Raccoon. Deneen’s clunky verse accompanies an image of the duo at the breakfast table (“Breakfast is the greatest/ meal of the day./ It gives you the strength/ to run and play”) before they embark on a trip across the galaxy, during which Groot gets fleeting, vague lessons in sharing, counting, and working together to defeat villains who appear suddenly. Full-bleed, vividly hued cartoons by Atkinson feature a hodgepodge of Marvel superheroes and villains whom kids in the target audience may not know, but Groot fans know what they’re in for. Ages 3–5. (July)

Publishers Weekly

"Sharing, counting, and spelling are all learned before lunch, when friends gather. Teamwork is tackled afterward, when Thanos attacks, and the last lesson involves music. It's a great day for Groot, and for readers who are fans, this will certainly hit the spot."—Kirkus Reviews

PRAISE FOR NIGHT NIGHT, GROOT

"A title comics aficionados will snap up in order to groom the next generation of fandom—even if they don't have a next generation yet."—Kirkus Reviews

PRAISE FOR SNOW DAY FOR GROOT!

"It’s time to relax once / the battle is done. / A SNOW DAY FOR GROOT / ensures wintery fun!” A kid-sized Groot and his best buddy, Rocket Raccoon, have the Guardians of the Galaxy drop them off on Earth during the first snow of the year in New York City. A scarf-clad Spider-Man takes the duo on a tour of the city’s sights: the New York Public Library, the Statue of Liberty, Times Square, etc. They also go sledding and ride the subway, all with various members of the Marvel Universe looking on or participating in the snow-day activities. But little Rocket rather abruptly feels ignored by Spidey and Groot until Groot notices and changes his three-word catchphrase to “We are Groot…?” Then all is well, and the day ends with skating at Rockefeller Center and some tree trimming. Deneen and Atkinson reteam for this third rhyming Groot episode. Heroes and villains, both well known and obscure, wave from the sidelines or participate in the snowy fun, all conveyed in bright, dynamic cartoon illustrations with occasional dialogue bubbles. Eagle-eyed mini Marvel mavens can hunt for Ant-Man and the Wasp in nearly every illustration.

Enjoyable even for the uninitiated."

—Kirkus Reviews

From the Publisher

2019-05-08
Groot and Marvel fans have a new picture book to add to their first-day-of-school shelves.

Rhyming text leads readers through Groot's first day of school. He wakes up at home in his flowerpot, eats breakfast ("It gives you the strength / to run and play," though it appears to be sugary cereal), and boards the spaceship bus with Rocket Raccoon. The tongue-in-cheek lessons the pair learn are similar to those readers will experience in their own classrooms (in content though not in the look of the school), albeit injected with a heavy dose of Marvel violence and bad-guy vanquishing. Sharing, counting, and spelling are all learned before lunch, when friends gather. Teamwork is tackled afterward, when Thanos attacks, and the last lesson involves music. It's a great day for Groot, and for readers who are fans, this will certainly hit the spot, though the draw will surely be the bright, cinematic illustrations that are full of details to delight those familiar with the Marvel Universe; much is lost for those not in the know, and the text is lackluster.

A back-to-school book solely for Marvel fans. (Picture book. 4-7)

Kirkus Reviews