Bulldozer Helps Out

by Candace Fleming, Eric Rohmann (Illustrator)

Overview

A very little bulldozer learns that taking care of kittens is a very big job in this darling follow-up to Bulldozer’s Big Day from award-winning author Candace Fleming and Caldecott Medalist Eric Rohmann.

The construction site bustled.
Cement Truck was stirring…stirring…stirring.
Digger Truck was scooping…scooping…scooping.
Crane Truck was lifting…lifting…lifting.
And Bulldozer was—watching…watching…watching.

Little Bulldozer wants to help, but all the bigger trucks say he is too small. So when Crane Truck says he can clear a bit of debris out of the way, Little Bulldozer is eager for the job. He can do it, yes he can. What he doesn’t expect is to find a family of newborn kittens living in the pile of debris! Can he take care of babies? Now that’s a tough job. A job that happens to be just the right size for Little Bulldozer.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781481458955
Publisher:	Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books
Publication date:	05/16/2017
Series:	Bulldozer Books Series
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	eBook
Pages:	40
File size:	57 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	4 - 7 Years

About the Author

Candace Fleming is the acclaimed author of numerous books for children, including the Bulldozer books; Ben Franklin’s Almanac, an ALA Notable Book and an ALA Best Book for Young Adults, as well as Muncha! Muncha! Muncha!, and Sibert Medal honorees The Honeybee, and The Giant Squid. She lives in a suburb of Chicago.

Eric Rohmann is the Caldecott Medal–winning illustrator of My Friend Rabbit and received a Caldecott Honor for Time Flies. He has both written and illustrated numerous books for children, including Bulldozer’s Big Day, Honeybee, and Bulldozer’s Christmas Dig, all written by Candace Fleming. He lives in Oak Park, Illinois. Find out more at EricRohmann.com.

Editorial Reviews

Whether depicting massive machinery or little kittens, Rohmann's solidly constructed and deftly colored block print illustrations make every page turn a delight.

The New York Times Book Review - James Sturm

2017-02-14
A little bulldozer makes a big difference in this story with an unexpected twist at the end.Bulldozer feels left out and overlooked on the construction site, where bigger vehicles such as Cement Mixer, Crane Truck, and Digger Truck (a backhoe), among others, are hard at work. "I can help," he tells them, hopefully, only to be brushed aside—at first. Then Crane suggests that an area off to the side needs to be cleared and flattened, and Bulldozer zooms into action. But all of a sudden, out of the others' sights, he pauses and just gives the pile of earth little nudges before "he hunkered down, hushed and watchful.…Hours passed." When the big trucks find him they are dismayed to see that he's accomplished so little, until they look closer and see that he's been watching over a mother cat and six kittens, curled up together near Bulldozer's blade. They praise him, Dump Truck offering, "taking care of babies? Now that's a rough, tough job." Closing block-print illustrations of a beaming Bulldozer seem unfinished against empty white backgrounds as compared to the other spreads, which undermines the cohesion of this otherwise excellent picture book. A sure hit at storytime, bedtime, or any cozy reading time. (Picture book. 3-6)

Kirkus Reviews