Tip Tip Dig Dig

by Emma Garcia

Overview

A parade of colorful construction vehicles doing their work means plenty of joyful noise! From the crane that lifts, lifts, lifts to the bulldozer that push, push-pushes, to the steamroller that rolls, rolls, rolls, every machine here makes it own special sound. And the surprise ending, when the great big mess on page one becomes a wonderful playground, is sure to leave kids pleased!

 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781906250829
Publisher:	Union Square & Co.
Publication date:	10/15/2013
Series:	All About Sounds Series
Pages:	26
Product dimensions:	6.60(w) x 6.70(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range:	3 Months to 3 Years

About the Author

Emma Garcia was born in Yorkshire, England and studied education and psychology at Liverpool University. She works as an early years advisor and her experience has given her a strong insight into what young children enjoy reading. Emma lives in London with her husband and two sons.

Editorial Reviews

Praise for Tip Tip Dig Dig picture book

“This book is a winner.” —School Library Journal
“Garcia's bright book is perfectly pitched to its target audience, who will really dig it.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

From the Publisher

While they think they're reading about the construction equipment that pushes dirt around on the way to building a playground, they're really learning how to push verbs around on the way to building language.
—The Washington Post

Carolyn Hax

PreS-K You'll need multiple copies of this building saga. With collage and broad brushstrokes of paint, Garcia shows a landfill, and then gradually introduces six google-eyed construction vehicles that toil and ultimately create a playground on the site. Each function, from "Dig Dig Dig" to "Roll Roll Roll," is revisited twice, once with added detail, "the digger digs a hole," then via the question, "What did we do with all that mess?" Environmentally friendly, a sure shot for construction fans, a color concept book, and an avenue for beginning readers, this book is a winner.-Gay Lynn Van Vleck, Henrico County Library, Glen Allen, VA

School Library Journal

A colorful tour through a variety of construction vehicles. The expanse of brown ground is a mess; "What can we do with it?" Out comes a series of trucks to do the job: digger, mixer, crane, dump truck, bulldozer, road roller. Each gets a two-page spread, with its job told in giant letters, in triplicate-"LIFT, LIFT, LIFT," for example. Garcia depicts these vehicles in a spectrum of bold colors, and each appears to be a mixed-media collage, the pieces so thickly painted as to look three-dimensional. All this work on the grim brown landscape turns it into a beautiful playground, with flowers, a tire swing, a sandbox and so forth. With its arresting design and simple repetition, Garcia's bright book is perfectly pitched to its target audience, who will really dig it. (Picture book. 2-5)

Kirkus Reviews