Little Yellow Digger

Author: Nicola Baxter

Illustrator: Toni Goffe

For Ages: 5 and above

No. of Pages: 28

Publisher: Ladybird Books, London

Year: 1997

ISBN: 978-0-72141-930-5

Our car fills up with excited squeals and shouts every time the kids spot a digger or an earthmover. Which is why I picked up this book. Needless to say, everyone was thrilled.

Meet the Little Yellow Digger, a hard working machine of steel with a gentle soul. He takes his orders from a very busy but clever Man with the Plan.

The Little Yellow Digger faithfully follows his instructions, interruptions notwithstanding from curious passers-by who want to know what the digger is up to. Of course, he doesn’t have the big picture yet but he entertains theories from others – a pond for a fierce Digger-crunching Shinkle Shark or a trap for a Many-headed Mud Monster and more!

The pictures are embellished liberally with humor and happiness which makes this book a keeper.

And no, I’m not going to play spoilsport here! :-)

Excerpt

“Just leave it to me!” said the Little Yellow Digger. “Does that mean …”

But the Man with the Plan had gone off to have a cup of tea.

So with a clank, clankety clank the Little Yellow Digger carried all the earth and all the grass over to the lorries.  

Digger Man

By Andrea Zimmerman and David Clemesha  

For Ages: 4 and above

No. of Pages: 32

Publisher: Henry Holt and Company, New York

Year: 2003

ISBN: 978-0-8050-8203-6

This has to be the dream book for children who love diggers. Our little ones loved it!

Digger Man has vibrant, detailed, full-page illustrations that will appeal to even tiny toddlers.

The book is about a little boy who dreams of owning a digger and doing all that a digger gets to do – scoop rocks, push mud and eventually, get his little brother on board too.

Excerpt

Sometimes my mom and dad can bring my brother to see me.

Maybe I can give my brother a ride in the digger.

I’ll honk the horn and flash the lights for him.

One day I will dig a big hole to make a pond.