After Digger Dog sniffs out a must-have bone, he begins to dig. He soon finds that “the ground is too hard and the bone is too deep” for his shovel. As his friends, a rabbit and a mouse, set up the orange cones of the construction site and don their hard hats, Digger Dog finds a better tool, a yellow backhoe, “so he can dig deeper and quicker.” But this “little digger” doesn’t do the trick, so Digger Dog finds a “bigger digger.” After successive tries, Digger Dog acquires the biggest digger ever, so big that it requires a fold-out page to be viewed. Finally, Digger Dog and his friends reach what they believe is the biggest bone ever. But it proves to be only the fingertip of a very large, long-buried dinosaur, requiring another fold-out to fit. Bright yellows and reds with polka-dotted dirt and cheerful, persistent animals offer great visual appeal while the comfortable, repeated text format makes this an excellent choice for a read-aloud or read-along. (Ages 3–7)

Digger Dog loves to dig up bones - the bigger the better. But for the biggest bone in the world, what will Digger Dog need? The biggest digger in the world, of course! All through the story, the diggers get bigger, the hole gets deeper and there is the most fantastic fold-out surprise at the end! It has all the ingredients for a brilliant picture book for pre-schoolers, with an obvious nod towards boys.