Little Excavator

Little Excavator

Picture book
The pint size protagonist of Anna Dewdney's Little Excavator has
sky high ambitions. On the job site he tries valiently to help the
dozer knock down walls, the dump truck haul trash, the backhoe dig...
Somehow it never turns out well until...
...at the end of the day there's a task all the other machines
are too big for. Little Excavator nails it neatly.
Dewdney researched her subject in an unusual way. She used one
to work on her garden's walls. She's a big proponant of reading
aloud. It shows. The rythym of the text and all those machine noises
make Little Excavator a book kids will want to hear again and again...
On a personal note, Saturday my kids and their significant others got
together to give Eugene a belated Fathers Day supper featuring burgers
and strawberry shortcake. It was wonderful to have the family all
together. Those are the moments I live for.
A great big shout out goes out to my family (both human and feline)
whom I adore.
A note to readers. With the 4th of July on the horizon I want to urge
you to travel safely, have a designated driver if alcohol is on the
menu, and leave the fireworks to the pyrotechnicians unless you really
know what you're doing.
jules hathaway


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