Sally Sutton is the award-winning and best-selling author of
Roadworks, Demolition and Construction. In 2009 Roadworks won the
Picture Book category of the New Zealand Post Children’s Book
Awards, and in 2015 Construction was a finalist. Ambulance,
Ambulance! will be Sally's eighth picture book for WBA.
Sally lives in Auckland, New Zealand, with her husband and two
daughters. She has a keen interest in European languages and has an
M.A. (Hons) in German.
Brian Lovelock is a scientist living in Auckland, New Zealand. He
has painted all his life and ventured into the world of book
illustration about ten years ago. His first illustrations for
Walker Books Australia were for Roadworks (by Sally Sutton), voted
Best Picture Book at the 2009 New Zealand Post Book Awards. Other
titles with Walker Books Australia include: Your Mother Didn’t Do
That!, Demolition, Construction, The Rain Train and Flight of the
Honey Bee. In 2013, Brian was long-listed for the CILIP Kate
Greenaway Award for his work on Demolition and in 2014, Flight of
the Honey Bee won the LIANZA Russell Clark Medal for Illustration.
His latest project is Ambulance Ambulance!, due for publication in
2016.
This is a fun book with melodic verse, colorful images, and
onomatopoeia which will have children jumping out of their
seats.
*Library Media Connection*
This is a very desirable companion to the other books in the
series, Roadworks and Demolition. Highly recommended.
*The School Librarian*
Construction is the type of book that can easily become a child’s
favourite.
*The Book Bag*
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