Lyons Regional Library

Explains what diggers are, what they are used for, and names the individual parts of one.

"It takes many kinds of trucks to build a road, and here you'll meet every one of them - bulldozers, front loaders, power rollers, and more - all dynamically illustrated by Caldecott Medalist Simms Taback"--

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

Building, blasting and crushing! It's all in a day's work for front-end loaders, diggers and dozers! Huge shovels dig foundations, a towering crane builds a skyscraper, dynamite sends a smokestack crumbling to the ground, and a colossal crusher grinds up rock.

A lift-the-flap book allows young readers to see inside how all kinds of amazing inventions work, such as what happens when a toilet flushes and what keeps planes up in the air. On board pages. A lift-the-flap book allows young readers to see inside how all kinds of amazing inventions work, such as what happens when a toilet flushes and what keeps planes up in the air.