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Awesome Engines: Dig Dig Digging Padded Board Book

Margaret Mayo, Author

Alex Ayliffe, Illustrator

Series: Awesome Engines

Imprint: Orchard Books

Publication date: October 6, 2016

Category: Picture books

ISBN: 9781408345597

Series: Awesome Engines

Imprint: Orchard Books

Publication date: April 25, 2002

Category: Picture books

ISBN: 9781841210803

Series: Awesome Engines

Imprint: Orchard Books

Publication date: March 23, 2011

Category: Picture books

ISBN: 9781408314913

Discover all your favourite vehicles in this busy book of things that go!

With fun rhyming text and bright, bold artwork, this bestselling book is jam-packed with diggers, tractors, rubbish trucks, fire engines, cranes and much, much more.

This special gift edition features a tactile padded cover and sturdy card pages. The perfect gift for little vehicle fans!

Reviews

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

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

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

The Guardian

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.