Demolition
From the award-winning duo that brought machine-mad kids Construction and Roadworks.
Swing the ball. Swing the ball.
Thump and smash and whack.
Bring the top floors tumbling down.
Bang! Clang! Crack!
Load the trucks. Load the trucks.
Lift and shift and heap.
Drive away the piles of junk.
Whump! Whop! Beep!
Busy workers and noisy machines demolish an old building and build a new playground in this fun picture book from the award-winning team of Sally Sutton and Brian Lovelock.
Creators
Sally Sutton is the award-winning and bestselling author of Roadworks, Demolition, Construction, Dig, Dump, Roll and Wheels. In 2009, Roadworks won the Picture Book category of the New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards, and in 2015 Construction was a finalist. Sally has also written many other books for children. She lives in Auckland, New Zealand, with her husband and two daughters.
Brian Lovelock is an award-winning illustrator of 10 picture books including the Roadworks series, The Raintrain, Flight of the Honey Bee, Gecko and Ambulance, Ambulance! His illustration awards include Best Picture Book in the 2009 New Zealand Book Awards (for Roadworks) and the 2014 LIANZA Russell Clark Medal for illustration (Flight of the Honey Bee). Brian was long-listed for the 2013 CILIP Kate Greenaway Award for his work on Demolition and in 2019 he was a finalist in the Nami Concours illustration competition. Brian lives in Auckland where he works as a scientist in the power industry.
Reviews
The onomatopoeia in Sutton’s simple rhyming text is appealingly extreme, and it’s like a natural for listener repetition, though the verses could be more distinct from one another. Lovelock’s bright pictures—in ink, acrylic and colored pencil—are a solid match.Smashing good fun for preschoolers of both genders.
Kirkus Reviews
