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Roadworks

By Sally Sutton
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Roadworks by Sally Sutton is a delightful children's book that takes young readers on an exciting journey through the process of road building. With rhythmic, engaging language and vibrant illustrations, it explores the various stages and machinery involved in constructing a road, providing a fun and educational glimpse into the world of construction.
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If you're fascinated by construction sites and enjoy rhythmic, action-packed storytelling, this lively children's book will delight you. With vibrant illustrations and playful language, it's perfect for young readers who are curious about machines and how roads are built.

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

Plan the road. Plan the road. Mark it on the map. Roadworks takes the reader through all the stages of making a road; from planning to construction to driving on the finished road, the full journey is detailed for young and curious minds with a rhythmic text and bright illustrations.

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Roadworks by Sally Sutton is celebrated as a delightful book for truck enthusiasts, combining repetition, rhyme, and onomatopoeia in its text. The illustrations of construction trucks captivate young readers, providing a loud and engaging look at road construction. It's recommended as a perfect read-aloud choice, sure to please audiences in both group and one-on-one settings.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781925381917

Publisher: Walker Books Australia

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 01 June 2017

Country: Australia

Imprint: Walker Books Australia

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Brian Lovelock

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Width: 247.0mm

Height: 258.0mm

Weight: 402g

Pages: 32

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Children's Books Children's Picture Books Children’s, Teenage and Educational Sally Sutton

About the Author

Sally Sutton has a keen interest in European languages. She has an M.A. (Hons) in German. 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.

Brian Lovelock is a scientist and illustrator 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 previous titles with Walker Books Australia include Your Mother Didn’t Do That! and Roadworks which won the Picture Book category in the 2009 New Zealand Post Book Awards for Children & Young Adults. In 2013, Brian was long-listed for the CILIP Kate Greenaway Award for his work on Demolition. In 2014, Flight of the Honey Bee won the LIANZA Russell Clark Illustration Award, was a Storylines Notable Book and was a finalist for the LIANZA Elsie Locke Non-Fiction Award and the New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards.

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