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Digger Man Hardcover – September 1, 2003

by Andrea Zimmerman (Author, Illustrator), David Clemesha (Author, Illustrator)

4.8 435 ratings

Part of: Andrea & David's"Man" Books (3 books)

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A picture book for the very young that celebrates a child's excitement for construction vehicles

"Honk the horn!
Flash the lights!
Scoop the rocks!
Push the mud!"

A little boy imagines driving a great big digger-scooping and pushing mud to make a playground for his baby brother.

Children are fascinated with bulldozers, backhoes, payloaders-diggers of all shapes and sizes. In this playful picture book, simple alliterative language and bold, colorful images capture a child's love of building and creating.

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PreSchool-Grade 2-A nameless boy in hard hat and overalls shows just how he will use his huge yellow digger to do all his necessary work, scooping, pushing, and digging. His baby sibling, he tells readers, is too little to participate in all of these tasks, but "As soon as my brother gets bigger, I will teach him." Full spreads show the boy driving, with baby in the backseat; digging a big hole for a pond; and building a playground. Details are perfect, down to the brothers' special bond at the end of the day, where readers see yellow caution tape and orange cones near the bathtub. Another lively, sure-to-please winner from the creators of Trashy Town (HarperCollins, 1999).
Andrea Tarr, Corona Public Library, CA
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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PreS-K. Celebrating children's--especially boys'--seemingly universal fascination with huge earthmovers, this indulges one boy's fantasies. As the child-narrator elaborately excavates the sand with his toy digger, he pictures himself driving a huge digger while his little brother sleeps. He does good work. He moves metal, scoops rocks, and splashes mud; he also thinks about digging a pond, fashioning a hill, and creating a park where he and his brother can play. Until little brother grows older, however, big brother is content to convey his imaginative enthusiasm to his sibling as they splash in the tub and read together in bed. The joyful acrylic illustrations and the sparse, confident text will delight other digger-wannabes. Ellen Mandel
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Henry Holt and Co. (BYR); First Edition (September 1, 2003)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 32 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0805066284
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0805066289
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 1 - 3 years, from customers
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 11.2 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 9.15 x 0.32 x 9.24 inches

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- #1,870 in Children's Jobs & Careers Reference Books
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- #4,891 in Children's Transportation Books (Books)

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Andrea Zimmerman grew up in Ohio, Utah, New York, and California. She received a degree in Fine Arts for Children and later went back to school at UCLA and became a dentist. She has three grown sons and lives in Southern California. She enjoys going to museums, gardening, and traveling. She's written, and sometimes illustrated, many popular picture books.

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Kandrah

The pictures are bright and colorful and have nice detail. This book has only a few words ...

Reviewed in the United States on November 30, 2014

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Digger Man tells the story of a small boy who dreams of operating real earth moving heavy equipment while he plays with his toys in his yard. It is a delightful story told by the boy. He also has a younger brother, who is too young now to join him in operating heavy construction equipment but one day will be big enough to help. Our two year old loves this book and likes it read to him daily. He loves to point at the pictures of the father, mother, and younger brother as it describes his own family very well. The pictures are bright and colorful and have nice detail. This book has only a few words per page but the details in the illustrations are fun for our son to point out and describe. This is an excellent book for the two to five age group, and the story is really timeless, as even big children dream of working heavy equipment. We think this is one of the must have books for little children who play with construction toys at home.

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MrsK

3 year old LOVES it!

Reviewed in the United States on April 12, 2019

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My son, who just turned 3, is completely obsessed with construction vehicles. He specifically asked for an excavator book, so he was thrilled to receive this. In 2 days we've read it at least 10 times, no exaggeration. The language is simple, not babyish, but not cutesy-rhyming either. There's no moral or lesson to the story. It's just about a little boy who loves construction trucks and imagines buying a real digger. It's very simple and sweet. The illustrations are very cute, too. I ordered the train version today and my son can't wait to read it.

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Danny Matz

Love!

Reviewed in the United States on December 15, 2023

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My daughter loved getting this from Saint Nick. It’s a great book for kids who love trucks and construction vehicles.

Reviewed in the United States on September 16, 2017

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My 7 month old's favorite book. He tries to grab the digger off the pages. The pictures are large and colorful, easy to focus on the main idea. Simple text, yet surprisingly touching as the main character shows his love for his little brother. We checked this out at our public library a few months ago, and I had to buy one before it was time to return it, because it was such a good book. Definitely recommend!

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Mom of 2 boys

Super cute book!

Reviewed in the United States on January 12, 2012

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This book is super cute. It is about a big brother who has a little brother. The big brother likes diggers and construction trucks and imagines himself to be riding on one and builds a park with a pond, a dirt hill, and a playground. Along the way in the book, the big brother wants to include his little brother, so he takes him for a ride. But sometimes the baby brother just has to watch from the sidelines with mom and dad because he's still "too little" and needs more naps. Big brother wants to teach baby brother all about it "so he can be a digger man too". My 3 year old loves it!!! It's very cute, so glad we got it!

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Julie

Digger Man deserves 10 stars

Reviewed in the United States on February 13, 2013

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Our two year old grandson adores this book. The great pictures & well chosen words are perfect for a toddler's attention span. The book's pirmary focus is on bulldozers & their work. The secondary focus is the toddler's new baby brother. The combined story involves the toddler as an active 'digger man' who shares his favorite toys with his baby brother & the plan to make the baby into a digger man too. Great book! It has become a daily favorite & we read it again & again & discuss the various activities in the book & how they are like or unlike our grandson's experiences.

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Susan G. Good

Little digger man has a little brother

Reviewed in the United States on August 10, 2011

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I bought this book for my 2 yr old grandson, as he is obsessed with all things trucks and construction, right now. This book is very cute and fun to read to him, but his parents are a little bit dismayed because the pictures in the book show a young child operating all this machinery. The only thing about the book that surprised me, was that the book is also about a young boy sharing all of his digging equipment with his baby brother. The book is really at least as much about sharing with a younger sibling as it is about machinery. There is nothing wrong with that, but since my grandson is an only child, he doesn't quite "get it." This would be a great book for any little one who loves construction machinery, digging or trucks, in general, especially if the child has a baby sibling or one on the way. The only reason I didn't give this book 5 stars, is because it does show a young child and baby in very unsafe situations. I'm not sure if this book would still be as appealing to a child old enough to separate fantasy from reality.

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Emily Ball

Favorite book

Reviewed in the United States on January 20, 2023

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This is my son’s favorite book!

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LOVE THE BOOK

Reviewed in Canada on September 1, 2017

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I ordered this book for my son who's just turned 3 and is obsessed with construction equipment. He loves the book so much that we read it almost every night. I love the simple wording, colourful illustrations and the fact that it's about a big brother and his little brother, because I also have a one year old son. Definitely recommend for all little boys!

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