Little Excavator

Title:

Little Excavator

Author:

Summary:

"Little Excavator wants to help the big rigs transform a vacant lot into a neighborhood park, but he is too small to get the job done! That is, until he finds a job that is a perfect Little E-sized task"-- Provided by publisher.

Physical Description:

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm

Genre:

Stories in rhyme.

Picture books.

Subject Term:

Construction equipment -- Juvenile fiction.

Cranes, derricks, etc. -- Juvenile fiction.

Trucks -- Juvenile fiction.

Self-esteem -- Juvenile fiction.

Size -- Juvenile fiction.

Publisher:

Viking,

Publication Date:

2017

ISBN:

9781101999202

Publication Information:

New York : Viking, 2017.

Call Number:

P DEWDNEY

Holds: Copies:

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Summary

From New York Times bestselling author-illustrator of the Llama Llama books comes a new character ready to dig his way into your heart!

Here come the BIG RIGS
rolling down the street.
Thumpa-thumpa
bumpa-bumpa
BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!

There's Loaderand Dump Truck,Backhoe and Crane.They're ready to transforma vacant lot into a neighborhood park. And who wants to help most of all?

Little Excavator! But are there any jobs for someone so small?

Anna Dewdney's signature rhyming text and inviting illustrations make this a perfect read aloud for for fans of things that go!

Author Notes

Anna Dewdney was born in New York City on December 25, 1965. She received a bachelor's degree in art from Wesleyan University in 1987. Before becoming a full-time author and illustrator, she worked as a waitress, a rural mail carrier, a daycare provider, and taught at a boys' boarding school for many years.

Her children's book career began in 1994 with her artwork for The Peppermint Race by Dian Curtis Regan. She went on to illustrate other children's chapter books in the 1990s. In 2005, the first picture book she both wrote and illustrated, Llama, Llama Red Pajama, was published. Her other books include Nobunny's Perfect, Nelly Gnu and Daddy Too, Little Excavator, and 10 more books in the Llama Llama series. She died after a 15-month battle with brain cancer on September 3, 2016.

(Bowker Author Biography)

Reviews (2)

School Library Journal Review

PreS-K-Little E, a baby excavator, busily tries to help the big rigs as they work to build a park, but he is either too small for the task or in the way. It's only when the construction is nearly done that there's a job that none of the mighty machines can get to, and it's Little E's turn to shine. The cheerful, anthropomorphized machines are illustrated in Dewdney's signature, child-friendly style, and there is onomatopoeia galore as each truck is introduced and gets to work. Fans of Dewdney's "Llama Llama" books will find the rhythm of the text and the positive tone familiar. VERDICT A fun first purchase for all preschool collections.-Kelly Roth, Bartow County Public Library, Cartersville, GA © Copyright 2017. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Publisher's Weekly Review

Little E, the smallest construction vehicle at the site of a future park, is eager to do his part in this raucous rhyming outing from the late Dewdney (the Llama Llama series), which is stuffed with noisy vehicular sound effects. "Little E tries lifting up some junk junk junk!" she writes, but the load is too much for him, and "there goes Little Excavator-over with a clunk!" The big trucks are kind and ready to rescue him, but they're also busy (children will almost certainly think of the adults in their own lives), and it proves dispiriting for Little E to be constantly reminded that he's neither independent nor helpful ("Not yet, Little Excavator... Someday when you're big"). The story is familiar, but Dewdney's little hero is so chipper and gung-ho-he breaks into a small, confident smile whenever he's had a success-that it's impossible not to root for him. When he finally gets a job that's a perfect fit for his diminutive size, his happiness and the bow he takes are both well deserved. Ages 2-5. Agent: Deborah Warren, East West Literary. (June) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.