Construction
Construction

Construction

Written by Sally Sutton & illustrated by Brian Lovelock
Hardcover
$16.99
$15.97
4 - 8
Reading age
32
Page count
290L
Lexile measure
Sep 9, 2014
Publication date

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What's Construction About

Publisher Summary

Big machines and their drivers work together to build a library.

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    This is a super cute construction book, filled with onomatopoeia and rhymes that click off the tongue. I love how many different aspects of construction they show, including interior finishing work, and that they're building a library!

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The Creatives Behind the Book

    Author
    Sally Sutton

    Sally Sutton is a best-selling, award-winning New Zealand author known for her playful language, rambunctious rhymes and quirky humour. Favourite titles include her ‘Roadworks,’ ‘Demolition’ and ‘Construction’ picture books for machine-mad kids and her glitter-twinkly chapter book series ‘Miniwings.’ Favourite colour? Purple. Favourite food? Peaches and gravy (but not together.) Favourite reader? You!

    Illustrator
    Brian Lovelock

    Brian Lovelock is the illustrator of the Construction Crew series, as well as The Rain Train by Elena de Roo, Did My Mother Do That? by Sharon Holt, and Flight of the Honey Bee by Raymond Huber. Brian Lovelock lives in New Zealand.

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Book Details

ISBN
9780763673253
Publication Date
September 9, 2014
Publisher
Candlewick
Original Publication Date
September 1, 2014
Page Count
32
Audience
Picture
Reading Age
4 - 8 years
Lib. of Congress (LCCN)
2013953459
Lexile® Level
290L
Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
~I
Est. ATOS® Book Level
~2.2

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