When a family sets out on a trip to Grandma's, their journey proves to be more like a visit to a construction site. Sidewalks are being poured, streetlights repaired, roads resurfaced. The noise of jackhammers, whistles, and horns fills the air. Boys and girls alike will love seeing the big machines at work. Anastasia Suen's simple text and Jannie Ho's bright, up-beat pictures make this one road trip to remember.
"Would that every car ride were as entertaining--truck lovers are sure to ask to drive this route again and again." — Kirkus Reviews, August 1, 2011
"The cheery cartoon illustrations will be stimulating for young children..." — Booklist, September 15, 2011
"The simple phrases and rhymes provide the perfect read-aloud for lap-sits or storyhours with children who love construction or transportation themes." — School Library Journal, October 1, 2011
Anastasia Suen, author of Picture Writing (Writer's Digest Books, 2003) and more than 60 books for children, cotaught children’s literature at the University of North Texas. She currently teaches the Story Structure Workshop at Southern Methodist University and children's writing workshops online. Suen talks about books and writes with children and adults at schools, libraries, bookstores, book festivals, and conferences. A credentialed elementary school teacher, she is on the Reading Advisory Board for the Rosen Publishing Group and has worked as a poetry consultant for Sadlier-Oxford. A former director of Seminars in Children's Literature and advisor for the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, Suen is a cofounder of the Writers Roundtable Conference. She is on the Children's Book Council Children's Book Authors and Illustrators List and the "Great Children's Poets" List.
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Jannie Ho is a children’s literature illustrator who has worked on many books, including Light the Menorah, The Great Matzoh Hunt, and Road Work Ahead. She received a BFA in illustration at Parsons School of Design in New York and now lives in Boston, Massachusetts. To learn more, visit chickengirldesign.com.
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When a family sets out on a trip to Grandma's, their journey proves to be more like a visit to a construction site. Sidewalks are being poured, streetlights repaired, roads resurfaced. The noise of jackhammers, whistles, and horns fills the air. Boys and girls alike will love seeing the big machines at work. Anastasia Suen's simple text and Jannie Ho's bright, up-beat pictures make this one road trip to remember.
Reviews
"Would that every car ride were as entertaining--truck lovers are sure to ask to drive this route again and again." — Kirkus Reviews, August 1, 2011
"The cheery cartoon illustrations will be stimulating for young children..." — Booklist, September 15, 2011
"The simple phrases and rhymes provide the perfect read-aloud for lap-sits or storyhours with children who love construction or transportation themes." — School Library Journal, October 1, 2011
Author
Anastasia Suen, author of Picture Writing (Writer's Digest Books, 2003) and more than 60 books for children, cotaught children’s literature at the University of North Texas. She currently teaches the Story Structure Workshop at Southern Methodist University and children's writing workshops online. Suen talks about books and writes with children and adults at schools, libraries, bookstores, book festivals, and conferences. A credentialed elementary school teacher, she is on the Reading Advisory Board for the Rosen Publishing Group and has worked as a poetry consultant for Sadlier-Oxford. A former director of Seminars in Children's Literature and advisor for the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, Suen is a cofounder of the Writers Roundtable Conference. She is on the Children's Book Council Children's Book Authors and Illustrators List and the "Great Children's Poets" List.
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Jannie Ho is a children’s literature illustrator who has worked on many books, including Light the Menorah, The Great Matzoh Hunt, and Road Work Ahead. She received a BFA in illustration at Parsons School of Design in New York and now lives in Boston, Massachusetts. To learn more, visit chickengirldesign.com.
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