Julesburg Public Library

There are many big machines and busy people involved in building a road, and this picture book, with its rambunctious rhymes and noisy fun, follows them every step of the way, from clearing a pathway to rolling the tar to sweeping up at the end.

When Digger discovers a flower growing in the center of the town being built, his entire perspective changes.

Digger and his friends meet a hungry caterpillar who chooses Digger as its safe place to make a cocoon, making Digger cease his work to care for the small creature who surprises him and his friends.

A picture book in which "everyone digs- [pirates] moles, rabbits, and worms. But the biggest and best digger of all is the great steam shovel." McClurg. Book News.

When a lost duckling waddles onto their jobsite, Digger and his friends learn how to do more than just scoop, hoist, and push.

"Bulldozers, dump trucks, and cranes are just a few of the vehicles working together in these pages to build something incredible. The payloader makes the hole for the foundation ("dig"), the semi-loader brings in the huge blocks ("haul"), and the crane lifts them up ("hoist"). But is this a real construction site, or a boy's backyard? And after the structure is done, what happens next? Yes, the inevitable: he makes it all tumble down and is ready...

Maisy has a busy day with her digger as she creates a pond in her backyard.

After a long day’s work, Digger and the other big trucks are ready to tuck themselves into bed. They wash, they brush, and they sing a goodnight song. But before they can fall asleep, two mischievous raccoons appear. And they are not tired--at all. Surely, just a few more minutes of playtime won’t hurt...will it?

Johnny Tractor's friends Danny Dozer, Grady Grader, Luke Loader, Scotty Skid Steer, Eddie Excavator, Tommy Truck and Barney Backhoe usually work construction and are looking forward to a long rest during the winter. But when some trucks are stranded at a truck stop because of a storm, the friends find there are other things they can do when they work together to clear the snow-covered highway.

Will little yellow digger ever find a useful job to do on the construction site?