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Brightheart and the Broken Rocket
Paperback
Publisher Price: $14.00
Publisher: Brenna Bockoven
Published: May 4 2026
Pages: 48
Weight: 0.30
Height: 0.12 Width: 8.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Brightheart and the Broken Rocket: Choose Your Own Path is a gentle, interactive children's book about big feelings, frustration, problem-solving, and learning what to do when something does not go as planned.
Brightheart and Cosmo are ready for an exciting pretend space adventure. Their rocket ship is built, their imaginations are soaring, and everything feels ready for blastoff. But when the rocket breaks, Brightheart's excitement quickly turns into disappointment. His happy adventure suddenly feels ruined, and his feelings begin to grow bigger and bigger.
In this sweet choose-your-own-path story, young readers help Brightheart decide what to do next. Should he let his big feelings blast off first, stomping, crying, and giving those feelings room to move before he is ready to try again? Or should he pause, take a breath, and look more closely at the problem with a calmer heart?
Each path gives children a simple, age-appropriate way to understand frustration and emotional regulation. One path shows that big feelings are not bad, they sometimes need space before a child can feel ready to listen, repair, or reconnect. The other path shows how pausing, breathing, and looking again can help children find a solution when they feel overwhelmed.
With warm, whimsical illustrations and a playful pretend-space theme, Brightheart and the Broken Rocket helps toddlers, preschoolers, and early readers explore common childhood emotions in a comforting and relatable way. Through Brightheart's choices, children see that mistakes, broken toys, and disappointing moments can become opportunities to practice patience, resilience, and problem-solving.
Perfect for parents, caregivers, teachers, counselors, and anyone supporting young children's social-emotional growth, this heartwarming story encourages children to name their feelings, make choices, try again, and discover that even a broken rocket can lead to a brave new adventure.
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