PICTURE BOOKS
TRACTOR
Illustrated by Brian Lovelock
Published by Walker Books
Down on the farm, let's plant the seeds. Tip them! Flip them! Go, go, go! ...
WHEELS
Illustrated by Brian Lovelock
Published by Walker Books
Rumbly wheels, grumbly wheels, hauling-up-the-hill wheels. Wheels go fast, wheels go slow. Shout what's coming, if you know...
DEMOLITION
Illustrated by Brian Lovelock
Published by Walker Books
Swing the ball. Swing the ball.
Thump and smash and whack.
Bring the top floors tumbling down.
BANG! CLANG! CRACK!
Wrecking balls, crushers, dust and noise galore as an old building is demolished to make way for a playground! A companion to Roadworks.
Storylines Notable Book Award, 2013
"Another visually and verbally emphatic delight for younger readers who are stuck on trucks" - John Peters, Booklist
ROADWORKS
Illustrated by Brian Lovelock
Published by Walker Books
Tip the stones. Tip the stones.
Lift and slide and dump.
Lay the groundwork for the road.
CRASH! ROAR! THUMP!
Winner of the picture book category, New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards, 2009.
Storylines Notable Book Award, 2009
Available in hardback, paperback, board book and big book. Published in Maori as Mahiara (translated by Katerina Mataira).
"A truck-lover's dream come true." * - Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
CONSTRUCTION
Illustrated by Brian Lovelock
Published by Walker Books
Hoist the wood. Hoist the wood.
Chain and hook and strap.
Swing it round, then lower it down.
THONK! CLONK! CLAP!
The third book in the Roadworks and Demolition series, Construction offers more noisy fun, this time at a busy building site. And what are the construction workers building? A library, of course!
Storylines Notable Book Award, 2015
Finalist, New Zealand Children's Book Awards (picture book category), 2015
DIG, DUMP, ROLL
Illustrated by Brian Lovelock
Published by Walker Books
Squash-a-creaka
Splosh-a-squeaka
What's at work? Here's a clue:
It will roll the ground for you.
Roller! Roller! Coming through!
Storylines Notable Book Award, 2019
Fast, Slow, Let's Go!
Illustrated by Brian Lovelock
Published by Walker Books
This is the way we skate along, skate along, skate along,
This is the way we skate along
on a sunny, funny morning.
Borrowing from the childhood perennial and favourite song 'This is the way ...', a happy group of children
scoot, bike, bus, swing, sail, run and ride their way across town to join a birthday surprise.
Chugga Tugga Tugboat
Illustrated by Sarah Wilkins
Published by Penguin
What a lot of jobs a tugboat has to do in a busy city port! Will it ever get some time off?
Spend the day at the port with a very busy tugboat in this colourful picture book, perfect for preschoolers fascinated with boats and ships.
Chugga tugga tugboat, chugging out to sea,
Can’t you, won’t you, play with me?
No, I’m too busy with this tanker.
Splish splosh, wish wash,
TOOT TOOT TOOT!
Crane Guy
Illustrated by Sarah Wilkins
Published by Puffin
Crane guy, up so high,
Building towers in the sky,
Tell me, tell me what you spy.
Something beginning with...
Highly commended, NZ Booklovers Award for Best Children's Picture Book 2023
Takahē trouble!
Illustrated by Jenny Cooper
Published by Scholastic
A tale of friendship and adventure based on the true story of takahē friends Walter and Manaaki’s great escape from their predator-free sanctuary at Auckland’s Tāwharanui Regional Park. Toddle-toddle-toddle, chatter-chatter-chatter. Uh-oh! Here comes trouble…
Ambulance! ambulance!
Illustrated by Brian Lovelock
Published by Walker Books
Squash-a-creaka
Splosh-a-squeaka
What's at work? Here's a clue:
It will roll the ground for you.
Roller! Roller! Coming through!
Storylines Notable Book Award, 2019
The Cat From Muzzle
Illustrated by Scott Tulloch
Published by Penguin Random House
Dwayne is a rumble-tumble tabby cat who knows where he belongs - up on the farm at Muzzle Station. So, when he's taken to live far away in the town of Kaikoura, what's a cat to do? Shake the dust off his paws and start walking, of course! The trouble is, home is a VERY long way away...
The true story of a high-country cat's incredible walk home!
When We Go Camping
Illustrated by Cat Chapman
Published by Walker Books
When we go camping, we bang in the pegs,
Bang in the pegs, bang in the pegs.
Guy ropes are tricky; they trip up our legs!
Smacketty tappetty bopp-io.
Zoo TRain
Illustrated by Daron Parton
Published by Walker Books
All aboard the zoo train. Better keep your eyes open - this is a crazy zoo!
Catch That Plane
Illustrated by Sylvie Currin Korankova
Published by Walker Books
Rushing to the airport, what do I see?
Plane at the gate, a-ready and a-steady.
I hope it's going to wait. We're late as late can be!
Ben And The Icky-Ooky-Sticky-Smick
Illustrated by Gary Venn
Published by Walker Books
Ben's lost his pet icky-ooky-sticky-smick. And he is determined to find him. No other bug will do. No cribble-crabble-scuttle-snucks! Or lurky-murky-dottle-spots! Only his purple and velvety icky-ooky-sticky-smick...
Farmer John's Tractor
Illustrated by Robyn Belton
Published by Walker Books
Farmer John's tractor lies locked in the shed,
Rusty yet trusty and orangey-red...
A family is trapped in their car during a flood. But can Farmer John's tractor save the day?
Storylines Notable Book Award, 2013
Crazy Kiwi Tops
and Tails
Illustrated by Dave Gunson
Published by Puffin
My beak has nostrils at the end -
It's useful, I suppose.
But don't you think it's kind of weird
To suck food up your nose?
Mix and match nearly 200 crazy creatures with this hilarious split-page book... and learn some fascinating facts about New Zealand animals along the way.