Roadworks
Author: Sally Sutton
Format: Hardback, 247mm x 258mm, 402g, 32 pages
Published: Walker Books Australia, Australia, 2017
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.
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.
Author: Sally Sutton
Year of Publication: 2017
Genre: Picture Books
Format: Hardback
Interest Age: From 3 to 7 years
Weight: 402 g
Author: Sally Sutton
Format: Hardback, 247mm x 258mm, 402g, 32 pages
Published: Walker Books Australia, Australia, 2017
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.
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.