The Diggers Are Coming!

by Steggall, Susan

• ISBN13: 9781847802880
• ISBN10: 1847802885
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2013-08-27
• Publisher: Frances Lincoln Children's Books

Summary

The diggers are coming! The diggers are coming, with massive metal mouths. Their teeth are tearing at the ground and their tracks trudge round and round and round. Follow all the people and vehicles involved in building a house - from the wreckers coming to clear the ground, through planners, bulldozers, diggers, tippers, mixers, trucks, builders, cranes, rollers and vans, to the people coming to move into the new houses. A lively and colourful new book by Susan Steggall, the successful author-illustrator of Life of a Car, On the Road, Rattle and Rap and Busy Boats, who uses her trademark vivid collage illustrations to bring a busy building site to life for young readers.

Author Biography

Having initially trained as a graphic designer, Susan Steggall became a primary school teacher and taught young children for several years. After having her own two boys, she began work in a school library where she enjoyed finding out about new authors and illustrators and selecting beautiful new books for the shelves. As her boys grew up, she started making all sorts of pictures for them of the cars, trucks and trains they found so fascinating. After lots of experiments, the idea of using torn coloured and textured paper evolved. Susan lives in the New Forest in Hampshire. Her other titles for Frances Lincoln are The Life of a Car , On the Road, Rattle and Rap, Busy Boats and Red Car, Red Bus.

Excerpts

The wreckers are coming!



The wreckers are coming -,

they whack and they wallop and wham!



They Fflinging and slinging their weight around,

theyand bash old buildings to the ground.





The planners are coming!



The planners are coming,

with laszers and levels and lists.



They're measuring up and they're marking out,

and passing pieces of paper about.





BThe bulldozers are coming!



BThe bulldozers are coming,

with bullyingish burly blades.



The shave and shift and shove all day,

slicing slabs of soil away.





The diggers are coming!



The diggers are coming,

with massive metal mouths.



Their teeth are tearing at the ground

and their tracks trudge round and round and round.





The tippers are coming!



The tippers are coming -,

they're topped up to the brim.



They trundle along, and tearootle about,

then tip up and slip the whole load out.





The mixers are coming!



The mixers are coming -,

they tumble and twist and turn.



They slop and they slurp their sludge around,

then dollop it down into the ground.





The trucks are coming!



The trucks are coming -,

they rattle and roll and roar.



They beep as they back up

to let off their load,

then thunder away off along the road.





The builders are coming!



The builders are coming,

with hard hats and hammers and hods.



They're biffing and bashing and banging about.

“Pass the tumty-tumut the kettle on,” they shout.





The cranes are coming!



The cranes are coming,

with jibs and jacks and booms.



They heave huge hefty hulks up high

and hold them hanging in the sky.





The rollers are coming!



The rollers are coming -,

they're levelling out the lumps.



They rumble along and around and about

and steadily squash all the bumpy bits out.





The vans are coming!



The vans are coming,

with cupboards and chairs and chests.



They've hurtled halfway through the town.



They're stacked with stuff,

but it's wellall strapped down.





The people are coming!



The people are coming,

with boxes and bundles and bags.



They're moving in, and today's the day!



Everything's done and they're here to stay.