Portland Public Library

Digger, Dozer, Dumper :, Hope Vestergaard

eng

Children/juvenile

Digger, Dozer, Dumper :

dictionaries

Hope Vestergaard

“Rising above the usual singsong name-checking, Vestergaard celebrates not only the jobs these machines perform but also their marvelous mechanics.” — Publishers Weekly (starred review) Sixteen boisterous, rhyming poems and#x2014; each one highlighting the job and personality of a different vehicle, from a backhoe to an ambulance to a snowplow and#x2014; invite young children to meet their favorite trucks face-to-face. Cheerful illustrations show each one in action, digging (or dozing, or dumping) away. Engaging visual details like an anxious turtle crossing the street just ahead of a steamroller are sure to keep preschoolers poring over the pages as they consider the question, “Trucks as far as eyes can see. . . . Which truck would you like to be?”