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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 Loader and Dump Truck, Backhoe and Crane. They're ready to transform a 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!

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* "Pitch perfect...[Dewdney] has constructed a solid winner for one of her final books, with an appealing main character, vibrant illustrations with varying perspectives, and an action-packed, rhyming text with sound effects just begging to be read aloud with dramatic effect. An A+ for Little E and his creator."--Kirkus, starred review

Little Excavator

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    A Hardback by Anna Dewdney

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      Publisher Penguin Young Readers Group
      Published 6 June 2017
      ISBN-13 9781101999202
      978-1101999202
      ISBN-10 1101999209
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      Books by Anna Dewdney

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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 Loader and Dump Truck, Backhoe and Crane. They're ready to transform a 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!

      Trade Review
      Raves for Little Excavator:

      * "Pitch perfect...[Dewdney] has constructed a solid winner for one of her final books, with an appealing main character, vibrant illustrations with varying perspectives, and an action-packed, rhyming text with sound effects just begging to be read aloud with dramatic effect. An A+ for Little E and his creator."--Kirkus, starred review

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