Baby on Board: Rocket

Name: Baby on Board: Rocket
Rating: 5 (1 reviews)

by Ruth Symons, illustrated by Sebastien Braun

Interest age: 1 to 4
Reading age: 5+

Published by Templar Books, 2026

Board books
Interactive

About this book

3…2…1… Blast off! Join bear as he’s safely strapped into his rocket ready to lift-off for a cosmic adventure in outer space. There are comets to race, constellations to spot, and mysterious moon craters to zoom past, all with fun, interactive mechanisms to bring the adventure to life.

This delightful board book is filled with vibrant illustrations and sturdy pages, perfectly designed for small astronauts’ hands. Children will love exploring the tabs, wheels and sliders that make the rocket soar or the planets revolve. To add to the interactivity, the text features a repeated refrain and simple rhymes throughout to encourage joining in while reading aloud.

Share the wonders of space together, with this brilliantly interactive board book.

About the illustrator

Sebastien Braun was born in Strasbourg, the hometown of Gustav Doré and Tomi Ungerer (his heroes). As a child he spent countless hours drawing, but at secondary school there were no art classes, so he filled his homework with doodles and portraits of his teachers. At university he initially studied history – fortunately, the building was shared with the art department, and when he saw the students sketching, knew he had to change. After that, he spent a few years teaching applied art to sixth formers, before taking the plunge as a freelance illustrator. His first commissions were for magazines in Paris, and when he moved to London, he developed his portfolio for children's books.

Apart from creating pictures, Seb's favourite pastimes are making toys from wood, playing with his children and climbing the Cotswold hills on his vintage road bike.