The Digger and the Duckling
Hardcover – Picture Book, February 22, 2022
HarperCollins · Hardcover · February 22, 2022
The perfect springtime gift for Easter, from the acclaimed author-illustrator of The Digger and the Flower.
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- Who it’s for
- Big-truck bustle meets duckling-sized tenderness in a picture book about care and family.
- Themes
- Environmental care, Found family, Caring for a lost animal
- Genres
- Ducks & Geese, Cars & Trucks, Easter & Lent
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The perfect springtime gift for Easter, from the acclaimed author-illustrator of The Digger and the Flower. Ideal for fans of Sherri Duskey Rinker’s Construction Site series. Digger and the other big trucks love to build. But when a lost duckling waddles onto the jobsite, Digger and his friends learn to do more than just scoop and hoist and push . . . They learn to become a family. Share this beautiful picture book as a great introduction to taking care of the environment.
Trucks and Tenderness
Big-truck bustle meets duckling-sized tenderness in a picture book about care and family.
Come here for
- The pleasing scale contrast of big trucks and one small duckling
- A gentle thread of care for the environment
Expect
- Construction-site action softened by a family-centered turn
- A tender picture-book read about learning to care
Where it sits
| Cars & Trucks | 85% |
|---|---|
| Ducks & Geese | 55% |
| Easter & Lent | 43% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Nocturnal Animals
- Boys & Men
- Bedtime & Dreams
- New Baby Stories
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- Everyday Routines
- Funny Stories
- Environment & Conservation
- Flowers & Plants
- Authors
- Joseph Kuefler
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- February 22, 2022
- Format
- Hardcover
- Theme
- Environmental care · Found family · Caring for a lost animal
- Reading lane
- Nocturnal Animals