Where Do Diggers Sleep at Night?
Published on 24. June 2014
Book
Board book
26 pages
978-0-385-37415-6 (ISBN)
Description
Truck-obsessed toddlers will want to make this fun-filled construction tale part of their nightly bedtime routine! Over one million copies sold!
Discover what bedtime looks like for fire trucks, snowplows, dump trucks, tractors, and all the vehicles that fill the pages of this irresistible book. Just like you and me, the trucks in this story get tuckered out after a long day of hard work and need to quiet down and settle in for sweet dreams. Young readers will see themselves as these trucks ask for one more story while parents sing them a goodnight song and send them off to bed.
With vibrant illustrations and a sweet rhyming text that's perfect for storytime, kids won't be able to get enough of Where Do Diggers Sleep at Night? and its companion books-Where Do Steam Trains Sleep At Night?, Where Do Jet Planes Sleep At Night?, Where Do Speedboats Sleep at Night?, Where Do Diggers Celebrate Christmas? and many holiday titles, too!
Discover what bedtime looks like for fire trucks, snowplows, dump trucks, tractors, and all the vehicles that fill the pages of this irresistible book. Just like you and me, the trucks in this story get tuckered out after a long day of hard work and need to quiet down and settle in for sweet dreams. Young readers will see themselves as these trucks ask for one more story while parents sing them a goodnight song and send them off to bed.
With vibrant illustrations and a sweet rhyming text that's perfect for storytime, kids won't be able to get enough of Where Do Diggers Sleep at Night? and its companion books-Where Do Steam Trains Sleep At Night?, Where Do Jet Planes Sleep At Night?, Where Do Speedboats Sleep at Night?, Where Do Diggers Celebrate Christmas? and many holiday titles, too!
Reviews / Votes
"Sure to find an audience among small fans of big trucks." --Booklist"Trucks can be big and noisy and moderately terrifying. Caught right, as here--what's not to love?" --Kirkus Reviews
"A solid choice for any truck-obsessed preschooler... Fun, imaginative verse appears on every page." --School Library Journal
"Taking you from the construction site to the farm to the monster truck arena and more, little ones will be ready to close their eyes by the time they've visited each truck." --Random Acts of Reading
"This book is just plain adorable! ...The rhyming text compliments with words that are perfectly matched to the individual machine." --Youth Services Book Review
"A must have for every little one who is a big truck/construction truck lover!" --CMLD Kids/Teens Book Reviews
"The pictures in this book are amazing and the rhyming phrases that accompany them make this a super cute story." --Kiss the Book (a book review site for school librarians)
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Random House USA Inc
Target group
Children/juvenile
US School Grade: Up to Preschool, Interest Age: From 0 to 3 years
Illustrations
FULL COLOR
Dimensions
Height: 187 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
232 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-385-37415-6 (9780385374156)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Brianna Caplan Sayres
Where Do Diggers Sleep at Night?
E-Book
05/2012
Random House Books for Young Readers
€6.49
Available for download
Persons
BRIANNA CAPLAN SAYRES didn't know anything about trucks-until her two-year-old son started to teach her everything about them. Now she and her husband put two boys to bed each night in a Seattle home filled with diggers, dump trucks, and fire engines. Brianna has followed the success of Where Do Diggers Sleep at Night? with a whole array of Where Do...books featuring steam trains, jet planes, speedboats, and everyone's favorite diggers celebrating holidays! You can visit Brianna on the Web at briannacaplansayres.com and facebook.com/authorbrianna.
CHRISTIAN SLADE's classic, distinctive art style can be found in picture books, novels, and magazines and graphic novels for children. He holds an MA in Illustration from Syracuse University, as well as a BFA in Drawing and Animation from the University of Central Florida. He lives with his wife and two children in Florida. Visit him on the Web at ChristianSlade.com.
CHRISTIAN SLADE's classic, distinctive art style can be found in picture books, novels, and magazines and graphic novels for children. He holds an MA in Illustration from Syracuse University, as well as a BFA in Drawing and Animation from the University of Central Florida. He lives with his wife and two children in Florida. Visit him on the Web at ChristianSlade.com.