Tag: Digger

  • Car, Car, Truck, Jeep

    Car, Car, Truck, Jeep

    Aimed directly at the car mad little person this bright, bold sing along book will become a firm favourite for little ones, regardless of whether they are into things that go brrrrmm or not.

    Set to the tune of Baa, Baa, Black Sheep, there is a lot of fun to have as the pages are turned and a new lot of cars, trucks, plane and tractors and diggers are revealed.

    Some sections of the text will prove to be a little tricky when attempting to sing through the pages and it would be a huge amount of fun to see what can be done with the inventive minds of the under 4 year age range.

    Also ideal for the first or beginner reader as the text is in a large easy to read format, the colours assist the text. Many of the vehicles drawn in the easily recognisable style of Nick Sharratt are easy to identify, with some lesser known outside of Europe such as the Hovercraft are sufficiently detailed to make an interesting discussion piece. 

    Many of the vehicles are explained such as emergency vehicles with their flashing lights and having to go in a hurry when they are needed, as is the noise a helicopter makes as it flies across the skies and the rumble of the digger as it goes about its work.

    Newcomer to the genre of children’s picture books Katrina Charman has created a book that will involve a great deal of fun, laughter and early learning experiences as it is read and learned to be read in a light-hearted style.

  • Dino Diggers – Crane Calamity

    Dino Diggers – Crane Calamity

    This is a lovely read-out- loud story about a team of dinosaurs, who love to build things but sometimes not everything goes according to plan with hilarious results. A host of colourful illustrations created by Chris Chatterton, show what can happen when things go wrong and someone has to come to a timely rescue.

    Mr and Mrs Triceratops are building a new house for their children. Terri Dactyl is there to make sure everything goes right and see that Bruno Brachiosaurus is working hard with his crane. But it is a very hot day and Ricky Raptor is dreaming, instead of doing what he should and very nearly gets run over by Tyrone T-Rex and his digger.

    The story is a wonderful play on words which little readers will discover as they meet the members of the Dino Diggers building team, going about what they do best, build houses. But it is not until Ricky decides to climb up onto some scaffolding to see what is going on as the cement is poured, that he really discovers why sometimes, it is best to do what you are told.

    Fun filled pages with a wide range of text sizes, heaps of exclamation marks, and a nice, tidy storyline, there is an extra little bit at the end of the story with a free Dino and Crane to build.

    Great fun to read aloud, little people will enjoy learning about dinosaurs as well as a little bit about building a house and perhaps, just possibly, doing as you are told! Well, sometimes anyway.

     

  • Digger

    Digger

    Digger was a very much loved little kangaroo who went to war; he was there in the trenches of France. He found a home in his beloved owners pocket when he went to war, a long time ago, as a soldier serving in the Australian Army, or as it was then called the Australian Infantry Forces, formed to help Britain fight against the horror of the German Army.

    Annie owned Digger first and when her brother James was going away to fight, she very carefully stitched the name Digger on him and gave him to James. James was injured and so was Digger. But James recovered from his wounds, Digger was lovingly repaired and both returned to the front.

    When Digger finally returned to Australia he has been lovingly repaired once again by Collette, one of the girls who looked after James and Digger the first time they were injured.

    The story of James and Digger and the tragedy of the First World War has been beautifully told and is a ‘quiet reminder of the casualties of war and a tribute to the French children who once tended the graves of the Australian soldiers who dies on the Western Front in the Heroic battle for Villers-Bretonneux in April 1918’.

    Heart-warmingly poignant this is a story that tells a tale of family, friendship and the bonds that can form even though the people involved are so far, far away.

    The words are beautifully crafted, the illustrations bring the poignancy of the situation to life once again in, a fitting and loving tribute to all who went, gave and served so very far away from their loved ones, and still do so today.