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Awesome Engines: Dig Dig Digging

Margaret Mayo, Author

Alex Ayliffe, Illustrator

Series: Awesome Engines

Imprint: Orchard Books

Publication date: April 25, 2002

Category: Early learning: things that go

ISBN: 9781841210803

Series: Awesome Engines

Imprint: Orchard Books

Publication date: October 6, 2016

Category: Early learning: things that go

ISBN: 9781408345597

Series: Awesome Engines

Imprint: Orchard Books

Publication date: March 23, 2011

Category: Early learning: things that go

ISBN: 9781408314913

All the favourites are here in this bright, bold picture book for machine-mad little ones – from diggers and tractors, to cranes, bulldozers and more!

With fun, rhyming text and vibrant artwork, this is perfect for sharing and reading aloud. Children will love spotting all the details on each page and joining in with all the different sounds; as tractors ‘squelch’ through the mud and dumper trucks go ‘crash!’.

Part of the best-selling Awesome Engines range.

Reviews

Splendid rhymical text...great stuff

Guardian

Vibrant images, and equally rich and evocative onomatopoeic language delivered in a bouncy rhythm

Junior

[Has] everything to gladden the heart of a motor mad child. Great stuff.

The Guardian

All kinds of large and noisy machines feature in this bright book, with a bouncily rhythmic text which young mechanics will love -- and soon learn off by heart!

Scottish Book Trust

There is an enormous amount to look at and discuss

Carousel

This book goes everywhere with us

Angels & Urchins

Vibrant images and equalling rich and evocative onomatopoeic language, delivered in a bouncy rhythm.

Junior

Margaret Mayo

Margaret Mayo was an acclaimed storyteller and author who wrote more than 50 books for children. Her titles include the bestselling Dig Dig Digging, Choo Choo Clickety-Clack! and Stomp, Dinosaur, Stomp! A former teacher, Margaret used her wide-ranging experience with children in her writing.

Alex Ayliffe

Alex Ayliffe is a bestselling, award-winning writer and artist. Her distinctive papercut illustrations are bright and bold with lots of child appeal. Alex has illustrated many books for children, including the bestselling Dig Dig Digging and Boo Barney, winner of the Sainsbury’s Baby Book Award. She lives with her family in Hertfordshire.