Hedgie Blasts Off! by Jan Brett Entertainment in illustration and pursued a

in illustration and pursued a successful career in advertising before returning to his true love of children's literature

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students and fellow educators attended the event

"--Pete Hamill in The New York Times Book Review

Hedgie Blasts Off! by Jan Brett Entertainment in illustration and pursued aMore 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