Let's Build a Backyard
$19.79
- Paperback
24 pages
- Release Date
28 July 2026
Summary
Slip on your overalls, pop on your hardhat and jump in the digger - let’s build a backyard!
We dig, we build, we plant, we sow. We make a place to play and grow. You and me - one, two, three … GO! Work! Work! Work!
A fun look at creating a backyard from scratch; from moving the mud and building the fence through to planting a vegie garden and adding in the compost (Poo! Poo! Poo!). Let’s Build a Backyard is a high-energy, brightly i…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780734424266 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0734424264 |
| Author: | Mike Lucas, Daron Parton |
| Publisher: | Hachette Australia |
| Imprint: | Lothian Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 24 |
| Release Date: | 28 July 2026 |
| Weight: | 300g |
| Dimensions: | 250mm x 250mm |
| Series: | Let's Build |
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About The Author
Mike Lucas
Mike Lucas (Author)
Originally from the UK, Mike moved with his family to Adelaide in 2010. He started his writing career writing funny poetry anthologies and visiting schools and libraries to encourage children to create their own silly rhymes. He has had work published in various magazines and anthologies.
Mike’s first picture book, Olivia’s Voice, was a 2018 CBCA Awards Notable book, followed by Vanishing, Let’s Build a House and Let’s Build and Backyard.
As well as being a writer, Mike also owns a bookshop in Adelaide, Shakespeare’s Bookshop in Blackwood. In 2017, he was the lead organiser of the first ever Adelaide Festival of Children’s Books.
For five days a week Mike works as an engineer and has very little time for sleep.
Daron Parton (Illustrator)
Award-winning New Zealand illustrator Daron Parton was born in the UK, married a Kiwi and moved to New Zealand in 1995. He has been working as an illustrator since 1990 and is also an illustration tutor at Auckland University of Technology. Daron’s books include The Ultimate Survival Guide to Monsters Under Your Bed, A Crocodile in the Family, Let’s Build a House, Snake Brought Cake and Let’s Build a Backyard.
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