"He stretched out his shovel and took a big bite. Then he lifted, he twisted, and he flung with delight.' With a soothing rhythmic flow and bright visuals, Digger Dan takes 1-4 year olds through the day in a life of a digger working at a quarry. If you have a child fascinated with machines, diggers, trucks and dirt, they will be engaged by Digger Dan.

Every morning Digger Dan and his friends go to Digger Day Care. But this morning is very special. The Mice have a building plan and every little vehicle has their very own task to complete. Leo the Wheel Loader lifts a heavy stone. Digger Dan digs and digs, piling sand higher and higher while Theo the little dumper truck carries a load of pretty balloons and Carley Crane helps wherever she can. When the big project is done, everyone is so excited to see their big, beautiful creation! Can you guess what the little vehicles built?

The simple life does still exist in the twenty-first-century. Join Deep Digger Dan on the adventure of his life! Our reluctant hero is a loner, unlucky in love, unemployed, and living in a static motorhome on the beautiful coast of Yorkshire. All he wants is to be left alone to work, drink beer, smoke a few cigarettes and enjoy the world's most misunderstood hobby - metal detecting. But everything changes when he's asked to track down a stolen hoard of diamonds from a famous London jewellery heist that happened fifty years ago... And so begins a wild adventure that spans the length and breadth of a small part of Yorkshire! Will Dan finally make something of his life? Why does he always shout the words 'Come on, get in?' Will he find the stolen diamonds and stamp his name on the metal detecting hall of fame? Why does he always make mental notes to himself? Will he succeed in turning the heads of the hottest girls in Yorkshire? Will he become an airline pilot like his auntie wants him to? All these questions, but probably no others will be answered! Follow Dan's hilarious and exciting adventures through life, metal detecting, and trying to fit into a modern world and rat-race that he just can't relate to. Adventures aren't made like this anymore! Come on, get in!

A young boy imagines how he will use his digger to make a park where he and his little brother can play.

While Diggersaurs work hard outdoors shifting earth and granite, Work takes place in outer space upon a distant planet . . . Meet the Roversaurs - an awesome combination of dinosaur and spacecraft. They busy on Mars, tunnelling through the ground, mapping new territory, testing soil samples and growing plants - what do they have planned? And might they need some help from the Diggersaurs? This read-aloud rhyming treat is bursting with funny, characterful dino-machines. Award-winning, bestselling Michael Whaite brings Mars to life with bright, bold colours and details to pore over.

From the New York Times bestselling author of Whalefall, The Shape of Water with Guillermo del Toro, Scowler, and more, comes Rotters. Grave-robbing. What kind of monster would do such a thing? It's true that Leonardo da Vinci did it, Shakespeare wrote about it, and the resurrection men of nineteenth-century Scotland practically made it an art. But none of this matters to Joey Crouch, a sixteen-year-old straight-A student living in Chicago with his single mom. For the most part, Joey's life is about playing the trumpet and avoiding the daily humiliations of high school. Everything changes when Joey's mother dies in a tragic accident and he is sent to rural Iowa to live with the father he has never known, a strange, solitary man with unimaginable secrets. At first, Joey's father wants nothing to do with him, but once father and son come to terms with each other, Joey's life takes a turn both macabre and exhilarating. Daniel Kraus's masterful plotting and unforgettable characters make Rotters a moving, terrifying, and unconventional epic about fathers and sons, complex family ties, taboos, and the ever-present specter of mortality.

This title is part of the "My First Picture Book" series: perfect for every toddler to help encourage language skills, understanding, enjoyment and sharing. These books are a bridge between board books and picture books; printed on toddler-tough card with rounded corners. Big lorry, quarry lorry, splish, spash, Muck. Quarry lorry, Big lorry, slip, slide stuck! So begins a disastrous day at the quarry, as lorry, truck and little digger all find themselves stuck in the mud. Can Bigger Digger save the day? This is a tongue-twisting, rhyming romp that will have little readers shouting out the words.

This book, first published in 1983, traces language patterns and cultural differences between 'Roadville' and 'Tracton'.

Many parents delight in their child's imaginary companion as evidence of a lively imagination and creative mind. At the same time, parents sometimes wonder if the imaginary companion might be a sign that something is wrong. Does having a pretend friend mean that the child is in emotional distress? That he or she has difficulty communicating with other children? In this fascinating book, Marjorie Taylor provides an informed look at current thinking about pretend friends, dispelling many myths about them. In the past a child with an imaginary companion might have been considered peculiar, shy, or even troubled, but according to Taylor the reality is much more positive--and interesting. Not only are imaginary companions surprisingly common, the children who have them tend to be less shy than other children. They also are better able to focus their attention and to see things from another person's perspective. In addition to describing imaginary companions and the reasons children create them, Taylor discusses other aspects of children's fantasy lives, such as their belief in Santa, their dreams, and their uncertainty about the reality of TV characters. Adults who remember their own childhood pretend friends will be interested in the chapter on the relationship between imaginary companions in childhood and adult forms of fantasy. Taylor also addresses practical concerns, providing many useful suggestions for parents. For example, she describes how children often express their own feelings by attributing them to their imaginary companion. If you have a child who creates imaginary creatures, or if you work with pre-schoolers, you will find this book very helpful in understanding the roles that imaginary companions play in children's emotional lives.