Where Do Diggers Sleep at Night? (Where Do...)

by Brianna Caplan Sayres (Author) Christian Slade (Illustrator)

Where Do Diggers Sleep at Night? (Where Do...)
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Reading Level: K − 1st Grade
Series: Where Do...
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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.

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Kirkus

Trucks can be big and noisy and moderately terrifying. Caught right, as here--what's not to love? 

ALA/Booklist

Sure to find an audience among small fans of big trucks. 

School Library Journal

PreS-K--With its gentle tone, soft colors, and singsong rhyme scheme, this book is a solid choice for any truck-obsessed preschooler. Each page follows the imagined bedtime routine of grand vehicles like garbage trucks, monster trucks, snowplows, and even fire trucks. Fun, imaginative verse appears on every page: "Where do monster trucks sleep/when they've done a day of crushing?/Do they find a giant puddle/ when their metal teeth need brushing?" The final spread shows a sleepy boy safely tucked into bed, surrounded by his sleepy-looking, smiling toys. The illustrations of cartoon trucks with expressive faces give away Slade's Disney animator background. Pair this selection with Katherine Ayres's Matthew's Truck (Candlewick, 2005) and you've snagged the attention of young truck fanatics.--Jasmine L. Precopio, Fox Chapel Area School District, Pittsburgh, PA

Copyright 2012 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

Review quotes

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
BRIANNA CAPLAN SAYRES didn't know a breakdown train from a roundhouse--until her three-year-old fell in love with Thomas the Tank Engine! Now Brianna and her husband are busy chugging along with their two boys in Seattle. She is also the author of Where Do Diggers Sleep at Night?, and Where Do Jet Planes Sleep at Night?, illustrated by Christian Slade. You can visit Brianna on the Web at briannacaplansayres.com.

CHRISTIAN SLADE's classic, distinctive art style can be found in picture books, novels, and magazines for children. He holds an MA in illustration from Syracuse University, as well as a BFA in drawing and animation from the University of Central Florida. He lives with his wife, two children, and two corgis in Florida. Visit him on the Web at christianslade.com.
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780375868481
Lexile Measure
510
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Random House Books for Young Readers
Publication date
May 22, 2012
Series
Where Do...
BISAC categories
JUV010000 - Juvenile Fiction | Bedtime & Dreams
JUV057000 - Juvenile Fiction | Stories in Verse (see also Poetry)
JUV041030 - Juvenile Fiction | Transportation | Cars & Trucks
Library of Congress categories
Bedtime
Stories in rhyme
Trucks
Motor vehicles

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