Roadworks

Name: Roadworks
Brand: Walker Books Australia
Price: 42.5 AUD
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Big Book

By: Sally Sutton, Brian Lovelock (Illustrator)

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Paperback | 1 October 2010

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PLEASE NOTE: This is a Big book edition, giant-sized, for reading to class groups. It is not the standard size edition.

Product Description

A boisterous picture book full of noisy fun for machine-mad kids.

Roadworks is made with machine-mad pre-school boys in mind, though girls will also love the exciting noise-words, rhythms and rhymes. Roadworks aims to differ from other machine books in that it shows an actual project being completed from start to finish, in this case, the building of a road. The format is simple and would lend itself to further books in a series.

About the Author

Sally Sutton has a keen interest in European languages. She has an M.A. (Hons) in German, and also enjoys writing plays for the stage. Her first picture book for Walker Books Australia, Roadworks, won the Picture Book category of the 2009 New Zealand Post Children s Book Awards, and was followed by Demolition and Farmer John s Tractor. She lives in Auckland, New Zealand, with her husband and two daughters.

About the Illustrator

Brian Lovelock is a scientist working in the power industry in New Zealand. He has painted all his life but has only recently ventured into the world of book illustration. His titles with Walker Books include Your Mother Didn't Do That! and Roadworks, published in 2008, which won the Picture Book category at the 2009 New Zealand Post Children s Book Awards.

Industry Reviews

Sutton's latest is a truck-lover's dream come true-repetition, rhyme and onomatopoeia form the text, while construction trucks vie for readers' attention in the illustrations. The result is a wonderfully noisy look at how roads are built. ...The level of detail matches the text's intended audience --enough to satisfy, not so much as to overwhelm. Pave the way to this book's shelf; perfect for read-alouds, it will be a hit whether shared with a group or one-on-one. * Kirkus Review *
Kids who love trucks and construction will find an ideal vehicle for their passions in this exuberant book from New Zealand. * Publisher's Weekly *
... lots of fabulous onomatopoeia...illustrations are bold and colourful. * Waikato Times *
The text is limited but what it lacks in plot it makes up for in enthusiasm and great illustrations. * The Sunday Age *

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