Publisher Description:
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 what kind of vehicle is at work. Visual clues alongside the text help ensure that our readers are challenged but can still be successful with their guesses. In the end, the vehicles work together to build a surprise.
Author Biography:
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.
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 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.
Product Details:
| Author |
Sally Sutton |
| Publisher |
Walker Books Australia |
| Publication Date |
2018-10-01 |
| ISBN-10 |
1760650951 |
| ISBN-13 |
9781760650957 |
| Format |
Board Books |
| Country of Publication |
Australia |
| Pages |
28 |
| Illustrator |
Brian Lovelock |
| Language |
English |
| Audience |
Children/Juvenile |
