  | Digger and the dark (Digger) Author: Kuefler, Joseph | |
| Price: $23.98 | ||
Summary:
After a long day's work, Digger and the other big trucks are ready to tuck themselves into bed. They wash, they brush, and they sing a goodnight song. But before they can fall asleep, two mischievous raccoons appear. And they are not tired--at all.
Reviews:
Kirkus Reviews (04/01/24)
School Library Journal (07/01/24)
Full Text Reviews:
School Library Journal - 07/01/2024 PreS-Gr 3—Digger and his friends are busy working on a park all day. Assembling climbing equipment, surfacing ball courts, and setting up swings keeps the big trucks occupied until bedtime. Just as the vehicles finally get settled for the night, two playful raccoons appear in the blue twilight. The trucks agree to play "only for a minute," but stay up all night with their new little friends. Each night the furry visitors reappear and keep the trucks awake to chat, or scratch, or have a snack. When at last the trucks can't stay awake any longer, the raccoons return the care they have received by tucking in Digger and singing a bedtime song. Illustrations capture the brightly colored, anthropomorphic trucks and the striped tails and masked faces of their pals. Each truck has headlight eyes that open wide in excitement, narrow to tired slits, or even spiral dizzily from exhaustion. Their grills form smiles, crinkle crookedly when the trucks are tired, and relax peacefully when they sleep. Hoist plucks apples from trees and Crane's cable is used as a zipline to entertain the raccoons. Readers will laugh as the trucks get ready for bed. They "change" tires rather than clothes and "read" a manual instead of a bedtime story, but the rituals are very familiar. VERDICT An enjoyable bedtime or story hour treat; youngsters will wait for this book to make an appearance in their days or nights.—Suzanne Costner - Copyright 2024 Publishers Weekly, Library Journal and/or School Library Journal used with permission.
