Highway
Illustrated by Andrew McLean
Omnibus Books, 1998
We're going down the highway for our holiday. I don't know where we'll end up, but Mum reckons that doesn't matter.
Seen through the eyes of an eight-year-old girl, a delivery-trip in Dad's truck becomes a fun-filled holiday as well as an epic journey. As the landscape changes from the suburbs to the the open countryside and on to a city, we share in the joyful discoveries of this loving and hard-working family.
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Selected Reviews
“You would have to travel far to find a book as suited to the children of trucking families as Highway is... Truck driving is an occupation that can put pressure on family life. Perhap a book like Highway could go a little way towards easing that pressure.”
“Highway is a story about real people.”
“There’s a strong sense of a family united by the father’s work, and of the Australian landscape unfolding without excluding the industrial landscapes of factories and car yards..”
Awards
Honour Book, CBCA Picture Book of the Year, 1999
Shortlisted, Qld Premier's Literary Awards, 1999
Shortlisted YABBA Award, 2000