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Awesome Engines: Dig Dig Digging

By Margaret Mayo
Series: Awesome Engines
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Awesome Engines: Dig Dig Digging by Margaret Mayo is a lively and colourful picture book that takes young readers on an exciting journey into the world of big, noisy machines. The book showcases various vehicles like diggers, dump trucks, and bulldozers, explaining their functions and the sounds they make as they work hard on busy construction sites. This delightful read combines rhythmic text with vivid illustrations, perfect for little ones fascinated by things that go.
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You might enjoy this delightful read if you're fascinated by the rumbling, tumbling world of big machines and their busy, noisy adventures. It's perfect for young children who love exciting and rhythmic tales about engines and vehicles going about their day-to-day tasks.

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Diggers are good at did, dig, digging. They can work all day! This noisy, busy, bestselling book with fun rhyming text and bright, bold artwork is jam-packed with diggers, tractors, rubbish trucks, fire engines, cranes and other favourite machines. Perfect for machine-mad little ones!

Diggers are good at did, dig, digging. They can work all day. The perfect book for little lovers of digging. Ages 2-5.

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Awesome Engines: Dig Dig Digging showcases diggers that are good at dig, dig, digging. They can work all day!

This noisy, busy, bestselling book features fun rhyming text and bright, bold artwork. It is jam-packed with diggers, tractors, rubbish trucks, fire engines, cranes, and other favourite machines.

Perfect for machine-mad little ones!

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  • Awesome Engines: Dig Dig Digging
    Awesome Engines: Dig Dig Digging showcases diggers that are good at dig, dig, digging. They can work all day! This noisy, busy, bestselling book features fun rhyming text and bright, bold artwork. It is jam-packed with diggers, tractors, rubbish trucks, fire engines, cranes, and other favourite machines. Perfect for machine-mad little ones!
    By Margaret Mayo
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Awesome Engines: Dig Dig Digging is praised for its vibrant illustrations and rich, evocative onomatopoeic language that enhances its lively rhythm, making it engaging for young readers. The Guardian highlights the splendid rhyming text, emphasising its entertaining quality.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781841210803

Publisher: Hachette Children's Group

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 25 April 2002

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Orchard Books

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Alex Ayliffe
  • Illustrated by Alex Ayliffe

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 4.0mm

Width: 246.0mm

Height: 274.0mm

Weight: 185g

Pages: 32

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About the Author

Margaret Mayo lives in Brighton with her family. As a mother and former teacher, she has used her wide range of experience to retell some of the most well-loved tales from different parts of the world. Alex Ayliffe is winner of the Sainsbury's Baby Book Award 2000 for another of her titles for Orchard (Boo Barney).

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