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Diggers & Trucks

Six books for kids who are into trucks and diggers. There are loud ones for daytime and calm ones for before bed.

All of these are just suggestions. Swap in whatever your family already has and likes.

The six

Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction SiteSherri Duskey Rinker & Tom Lichtenheld

The construction machines finish their work and go to sleep one by one. Calm enough to read right before bed.

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Little Blue TruckAlice Schertle & Jill McElmurry

A rhyming story about a farm truck helping its animal friends. Lots of animal and engine sounds to join in with.

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Where Do Diggers Sleep at Night?Brianna Caplan Sayres & Christian Slade

Short rhymes about trucks and diggers being tucked in for the night.

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The Digger and the FlowerJoseph Kuefler

About caring for something small. A digger discovers a flower on his building site and learns to protect it.

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Old MacDonald Had a TruckSteve Goetz & Eda Kaban

Old MacDonald's farm is full of construction machines. You can sing it to the usual tune.

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Bulldozer's Big DayCandace Fleming & Eric Rohmann

A bulldozer thinks everyone has forgotten his birthday.

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The rest of the week

ActivityMake a dig site in a tray. Fill it with dried beans or oats, add a spoon, and bring over every small vehicle in the house.
SongSing The Wheels on the Bus with truck verses, and let them invent what the digger says.
Ask themIf you could dig a hole anywhere in the world, what would you find at the bottom?

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