Roadwork Written & Illustrated by Sally Sutton and Brian Lovelock

Sutton, Sally, and Brian Lovelock. Roadwork. Cambridge, Mass.: Candlewick Press, 2008. Print. 40 pages
Age Group:	1-4 years
Book Format:	Picture Book
Annotation:	Picture Book with large print type describing large machines performing construction.  All young readers that are fascinated by large trucks will be exposed to new rhyming vocabulary dealing with road construction.
Personal Reaction:	Love the way the vocabulary for sounds made by the machines are in large bold print and the machine facts page at the end of the book which will reinforce the enjoyment this book will provide.
Keywords/Tags:	Fiction, Road Construction, Machines
Early Literacy Skills Enhancements:	Vocabulary Skills ~Promote literacy and the love of language ~Develop and increase emergent literacy skills and vocabulary Print Motivation ~Increase interest in and enjoyment of books Visual Literacy Skills by observing the illustrations. ~Pictures have meanings Reading Readiness, which includes understanding that ~Stories have structure and development of a sense of story Print Awareness ~Provide a language enrichment environment ~Show the importance of and provide an opportunity for young readers to listen, observe, imitate, and practice language while interacting with books. Narrative Skills ~Young readers will be able to re-tell a story based on the illustrations in Picture Books Phonological Awareness ~Enhanced by guessing rhymes