Where Do Diggers Sleep at Night?
Where Do Diggers Sleep at Night? book cover

Where Do Diggers Sleep at Night?

Hardcover – Picture Book, January 1, 2012

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Price
$14.49
Format
Hardcover
Pages
32
Publisher
Random House Books for Young Readers
Publication Date
ISBN-13
978-0375868481
Dimensions
10.38 x 0.31 x 8.25 inches
Weight
11.4 ounces

Description

"Sure to find an audience among small fans of big trucks." -Booklist "...Trucks can be big and noisy and moderately terrifying. Caught right, as here-- what's not to love?" -Kirkus Reviews "...a solid choice for any truck-obsessed preschooler... Fun, imaginative verse appears on every page." -School Library Journal "Taking you from the construction site to the farm to the monster truck arena and more, little ones will be ready to close their eyes by the time they've visited each truck." --Random Acts of Reading "This book is just plain adorable! ...The rhyming text compliments with words that are perfectly matched to the individual machine." -- Youth Services Book Review "...a must have for every little one who is a big truck/construction truck lover!" --CMLD Kids/Teens Book Reviews "The pictures in this book are amazing and the rhyming phrases that accompany them make this a super cute story." --Kiss the Book (a book review site for school librarians) BRIANNA CAPLAN SAYRES didn't know anything about trucks--until her two-year-old son started to teach her everything about them. Now she and her husband put two boys to bed each night in a Seattle home filled with diggers, dump trucks, and fire engines. This is Brianna's first picture book. You can visit her on the Web at BriannaCaplanSayres.com.

Features & Highlights

  • Truck-obsessed toddlers will want to make the diggers, tractors, fire engines, and more featured in this fun-filled construction tale part of their nightly bedtime routines!
  • Discover what bedtime looks like for the snowplows, dump trucks, giant cranes, and more that dot the pages of this irresistible construction story. Just like you and me, the vehicles in this story get tuckered out after a long day of hard work and need to quiet down and settle in for sweet dreams. Young readers will surely identify as these trucks ask for
  • one more story
  • while their parents sing them a goodnight song and send them off to bed.   With a sweet rhyme scheme and an illustration style that’s perfect for nighttime rituals,
  • Where Do Diggers Sleep at Night?
  • and its things-that-go companions—
  • Where Do Steam Trains Sleep At Night?
  • ,
  • Where Do Jet Planes Sleep At Night?
  • ,
  • Where Do Speedboats Sleep at Night?
  • , and
  • Where Do Diggers Celebrate Christmas?
  • —will leave vehicle-loving kids snuggled up and satisfied.

Customer Reviews

Rating Breakdown

★★★★★
60%
(8.7K)
★★★★
25%
(3.6K)
★★★
15%
(2.2K)
★★
7%
(1K)
★
-7%
(-1021)

Most Helpful Reviews

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My two year old loves this book!

My two year old son is obsessed with construction equipment. When I came across this book at the library I was extremely excited. My son also adores monster trucks, he was over the moon that there was a page in this book dedicated to monster trucks. I love that this book features a variety of trucks. There is a "mommy" and "baby" truck on almost each page. I have a Master's degree in Elementary Education and am very well versed in Children's Literature. Toddlers will be drawn in to the predictable pattern in the text and the sweet rhymes. I highly recommend this book!
68 people found this helpful
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"Do they find a giant puddle when their metal teeth need brushing?"

It's not only diggers that get the five star treatment in Where Do Diggers Sleep at Night. Each spread features a different truck or piece of heavy machinery, ranging from dump trucks, garbage trucks, fire trucks, snowplows, bulldozers...well, you get the idea!

This is a good choice to pair with Goodnight Goodnight Construction Site if you're looking for a construction themed bedtime, or filling out your story time schedule. The illustrations feature sweet faces on all the trucks; both "kid" trucks and "mom and dad" trucks are expressive and distinctive. The rhyming is smooth as silk and the rhythm is easy, marking this as a good choice for bedtime themed story times.

This books true home will be at bedside though, where the muted color palette will be just the thing to send little transportation fans off to dreamland. For all those young ones who wonder where all the trucks go at night, this book gives a whimsical answer that is sure to delight. The final page, which shows a young boy sleeping in bed, delivers a resounding payoff as we learn where all his trucks go at night.

This is a fun, sleepy, read aloud that is an enthusiastic recommend for any young truck fan's bedtime collection.
68 people found this helpful
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New favorite bedtime story for my toddler

My 2.5 year old son loves this book. We just got it today and we've already read it quite a few times. The illustrations are lovely and the text flows off the tongue easily. I'm sure this will be a favorite for quite some time. It won't be long before I have the whole book memorized (ha!)
20 people found this helpful
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Retired Kdgr/First Grade teacher recommends this book highly!

"Where do Diggers Sleep at Night?" is a wonderful addition to classic bedtime stories like "Goodnight Moon". Charming verse and illustrations-- a must for the homes/schools of young children. Lots of phrase patterns that could be repeated and played with-- "where do dishes, wagons, cars, etc sleep at night?" As a retired Kdgr/First grade teacher, I love this book! It would have been in the front of my classroom bookshelf and a part of many writing experiences... not just for the guys either. Plus, my grandchildren love it!
18 people found this helpful
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These diggers are darlings!

We have 2 year old Grandsons. Both boys love this book and want us to read it over and over. There is just enough rhyming to hold the interests of the little ones and yet, it is fun and relaxing for the adult doing the reading. The diggers take their bear to snuggle at bedtime and another has their sleep blanket. The illustrations are colorful and imaginative. This book is a great investment for any child's library.
16 people found this helpful
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My 2.5 year old LOVES this book!

My little boy is obsessed with trucks, cranes, monster trucks, etc. and he LOVES this book! We read it every night before bed and he is now "reading" me the story since he knows it by heart! He loves the little boy in the bed at the end, and thinks it's him and all of his trucks in the picture.
14 people found this helpful
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Clever, Sweet, Informational, and Tons of Fun!

This book was a perfect choice for my 2 granddaughters, ages 2.5 and 3.5 (cousins), both of whom are crazy about trucks. We have to stop at every construction site we ever pass to more closely examine the trucks! From the 1st time we read this book together, it has become a favorite for both girls. The illustrations are colorful and bring all the trucks to life in a very entertaining way. The rhyming is so clever, and the vocabulary used is simple enough for young ones to understand while exposing them to new words as well. I will definitely be purchasing more books by this talented author/illustrator duo.
12 people found this helpful
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A Bedtime favorite for little construction/truck lovers

This has quickly become a favorite for bedtime. After we read Night Night Construction Site every night I knew I had to find an alternative to give myself a break. This book is very sweet, and it has Mommy trucks which is really fun for Moms.The pictures are really sweet, but the words can be a bit of a tongue-twister for tired parents. This book has been a big hit.
9 people found this helpful
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GREAT content, poor construction

Our almost-2-year-old LOVES this book. The pictures are wonderful and the text is fun. Five stars for both. Unfortunately, however, the book arrived with pages already falling out, and they have continued to come loose-- we've had to tape the entire thing back together, and we've only had it about a week (and no, it's not that our little guy is pulling the pages out). I wish I could give separate ratings for the content and the construction. Printers, please give this book the quality construction it deserves!
6 people found this helpful
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Great illustrations, but asks too many questions

Each page is dedicated to different nighttime/bedtime scenes with various construction equipment. However, my son is distracted by the fact that each and every single page asks him a question. Wish it were a bit more of a story, because its format causes too much conversation at a time that should be cuddling and quiet time before drifting off to sleep.
5 people found this helpful

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