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Series: ROADWORKS
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Hoist the wood. Hoist the wood. Chain and hook and strap. Swing it round, then lower it down. Thonk! Clonk! Clap!
Build the frame. Build the frame. Hammer all day long. Make the stairs and floors and walls. Bing! Bang! Bong!
This fantastically fun book describes all the heaving and hammering involved in building a new library. Full of action-packed illustrations and irresistible sound words—this is a story that will be easily read over and over again!
Series: ROADWORKS
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Roadworks
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...Paperback$1899Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks -
Fast, Slow. Let's Go!
From the creators of the bestselling Roadworks series, a fresh new celebration of transportation! This is the way we skate along, skate along, skate along, This is the way we skate along on a sunny, funny morning. Borrowing from the childhood perennial and favourite song 'This is the way ...', a happy group of children scoot, bike, bus, swing, sail,...Paperback$1899Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks -
Construction
Hoist the wood. Hoist the wood. Chain and hook and strap. Swing it round, then lower it down. Thonk! Clonk! Clap! Build the frame. Build the frame. Hammer all day long. Make the stairs and floors and walls. Bing! Bang! Bong! This fantastically fun book describes all the heaving and hammering involved in building a new library. Full of action-packed...Paperback$1800Elsewhere:$1899Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks -
Construction Crew Collection
A collection of three of the most popular Sutton and Lovelock hardbacks for pre-school fans of machines and building sites, including Construction, Dig, Dump, Roll and Roadworks! Brian Lovelock's and Sally Sutton's books have continued to mesmerise young readers since 2010. Collected here for the first time are three of their most popular titles, describing all the heaving and hammering...Box Set$5000Elsewhere:$5499Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks -
Demolition
Demolition by Sally Sutton offers a vivid and rhythmic exploration of the process of tearing down an old building to make way for a new playground. "Swing the ball. Swing the ball. Thump and smash and whack. Bring the top floors tumbling down. Bang! Clang! Crack!" The lively text captures the bustling activity of busy workers and the clamor of...Paperback$1800Elsewhere:$1899Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks -
Fast, Slow. Let's Go!
From the creators of the best-selling Roadworks series, a fresh new celebration of transportation! This is the way we skate along, skate along, skate along, This is the way we skate along on a sunny, funny morning. Borrowing from the childhood perennial and favourite song 'This is the way ...', a happy group of children scoot, bike, bus, swing, sail,...Hardback$2600Elsewhere:$2799Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks -
Roadworks
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....Board book$1700Elsewhere:$1799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
Tractor
Small children who like big machines that go - and things that grow - will love this ode to farm equipment from the team behind the Roadworks series. Down on the farm, let’s plant the seeds. Tip them! Flip them! Go, go, go! From the plough that cuts the earth and the harrow that churns the soil to the seed...Board book$1700Elsewhere:$1799Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks -
Wheels
An ode to things-that-go from the internationally bestselling creators of Roadworks. Rumbly wheels, grumbly wheels, Hauling-up-the-hill wheels. Wheels go fast, wheels go slow. Shout what’s coming, if you know! On the heels of Dig, Dump, Roll, comes another interactive read-aloud from Sally Sutton and Brian Lovelock. In this story, a boy and his sister watch vehicles pass on a town...Board book$1700Elsewhere:$1799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
Wheels
An ode to things-that-go from the internationally bestselling creators of Roadworks. Rumbly wheels, grumbly wheels,Hauling-up-the-hill wheels.Wheels go fast, wheels go slow.Shout what’s coming, if you know! On the heels of Dig, Dump, Roll, comes another interactive read-aloud from Sally Sutton and Brian Lovelock. In this story, a boy and his sister watch vehicles pass on a town street and have...Hardback$2600Elsewhere:$2799Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks -
Dig, Dump, Roll
Guess what kind of truck is at work in this interactive book by the bestselling creators of Roadworks. Now in board book! Crash-a-rumble, smash-a-grumble. What’s at work? Here’s a clue: It will clear the ground for you. Bulldozer! Bulldozer! Coming through! This follow-up to Roadworks will delight tiny truck enthusiasts. It's an engaging, interactive text that asks readers to guess...Board book$1799Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks -
Construction
Hoist the wood. Hoist the wood. Chain and hook and strap. Swing it round, then lower it down. Thonk! Clonk! Clap! Build the frame. Build the frame. Hammer all day long. Make the stairs and floors and walls. Bing! Bang! Bong! Construction by Sally Sutton is filled with the delightful rhythm and repetition that will engage young readers as they...Board book$1700Elsewhere:$1799Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks
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Construction by Sally Sutton is praised for its engaging, melodic verse and vibrant images that can captivate children. It is seen as a delightful addition to the series, recommended as a companion to Sutton's other works like Roadworks and Demolition. Many believe it's a strong contender to become a child's favourite book.
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ISBN: 9781922077165
Publisher: Walker Books Australia
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 01 October 2016
Country: Australia
Imprint: Walker Books Australia
Contributors:
- Illustrated by Brian Lovelock
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Width: 251.0mm
Height: 261.0mm
Weight: 200g
Pages: 32
About the Author
Sally Sutton is the award-winning and best-selling author of Roadworks, Demolition and Construction. In 2009 Roadworks won the Picture Book category of the New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards, and in 2015 Construction was a finalist. Ambulance, Ambulance! will be Sally's eighth picture book for WBA.
Sally lives in Auckland, New Zealand, with her husband and two daughters. She has a keen interest in European languages and has an M.A. (Hons) in German.
Brian Lovelock is a scientist living in Auckland, New Zealand. He has painted all his life and ventured into the world of book illustration about ten years ago. His first illustrations for Walker Books Australia were for Roadworks (by Sally Sutton), voted Best Picture Book at the 2009 New Zealand Post Book Awards. Other titles with Walker Books Australia include: Your Mother Didn’t Do That!, Demolition, Construction, The Rain Train and Flight of the Honey Bee. In 2013, Brian was long-listed for the CILIP Kate Greenaway Award for his work on Demolition and in 2014, Flight of the Honey Bee won the LIANZA Russell Clark Medal for Illustration. His latest project is Ambulance Ambulance!, due for publication in 2016.
Also by Sally Sutton
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Roadworks
It’s fun to watch the road being built in this noisy, action-packed picture book! Move the earth. Move the earth. Dig and cut and push. Clear a pathway for the road. Screech! Boom! Whoosh! Tip the stones. Tip the stones. Lift and slide and dump. Lay the groundwork for the road. Crash! Roar! Thump! Full of shout-aloud noise words, rhythm...Paperback$800Elsewhere:$899Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
Construction
Another rhythmic read-aloud for machine and building site enthusiasts from the team behind Roadworks and Demolition. Thonk! Clonk! Clap! The team behind Roadworks and Demolition returns to the building site with another winner for pre-school fans of machines and building sites! Describing all the heaving and hammering involved in building a new library, this book is full of action-packed illustrations,...Paperback$800Elsewhere:$899Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
Demolition
What’s even more exciting to young kids than seeing big machines that build things? Watching the massive ones that tear them down! Crush the stone. Crush the stone. Chip and grind and munch. Make new concrete from the old. Whirr! Churr! Crunch! From the huge crane with a swinging ball (crack!) to the toothy jaws that ram the walls (thwock!),...Paperback$800Elsewhere:$899Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
Dig, Dump, Roll
Wham-a-hammer, bam-a-slamma! The construction crew is back – but what are they building this time? Crash-a-rumble! Smash-a-grumble! What’s at work? Here’s a clue: It will clear the ground for you. Bulldozer! Coming through! Diggers, dump trucks, rollers, and more – it takes a lot of big, noisy machines to build a school! Every young child who has ever been fascinated...Paperback$899Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
Ambulance, Ambulance!
Bleep, bleep. Emergency! News just through: Crash, crash, there’s been a crash. Let's go, crew! From Sally Sutton and Brian Lovelock, the award-winning and bestselling creators of Roadworks, Demolition, and Construction, comes a reassuring, read-aloud exploration of the work of paramedics and ambulance crews. There’s been a crash and the crew at the ambulance station jumps into action. Nee nar...Paperback$900Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
Crane Guy
Let's see all the things we can spy, high above the city with Crane Guy! Spend the day with Crane Guy and see how many things you can spy from up high in his crane. Crane Guy, up so high, Building towers in the sky, Tell me, tell me what you spy. Something beginning with . . . Join Crane...Paperback$1800Elsewhere:$2100Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks -
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Over mountains and across rivers, this delightful true story traces a high-country cat's epic, five-week journey home to New Zealand's most remote station. Dwayne is a rumble-tumble tabby cat who knows where he belongs—up on the farm at Muzzle Station. So, when he's taken to live far away in the town of Kaikoura, what's a cat to do? Shake the...Paperback$1900Elsewhere:$2100Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
When We Go Camping
When We Go Camping by Sally Sutton captures the delightful chaos and fun of a camping adventure. With the rhythm and repetition, the text immerses you in the sights and sounds of setting up camp. Join in as we "bang in the pegs, bang in the pegs, bang in the pegs." But be careful, as those guy ropes are tricky...Paperback$1800Elsewhere:$1899Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
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Wheels
An ode to things-that-go from the internationally bestselling creators of Roadworks. Rumbly wheels, grumbly wheels,Hauling-up-the-hill wheels.Wheels go fast, wheels go slow.Shout what’s coming, if you know! On the heels of Dig, Dump, Roll, comes another interactive read-aloud from Sally Sutton and Brian Lovelock. In this story, a boy and his sister watch vehicles pass on a town street and have...Paperback$1800Elsewhere:$1899Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
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Celebrate the tenth anniversary of Farmer John’s Tractor with this gorgeous board book edition! Farmer John’s rusty old tractor lies locked in the shed. Rusty yet trusty and orangey-red. When the rain comes and the river rises, will Farmer John’s tractor be able to save the day?Board book$1800Elsewhere:$1899Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
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