Dig, Dogs, Dig: A Construction Tail

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A crew of dogs working on a construction site make for a delightful picture book written and illustrated in full-color by James Horvath.

In Dig, Dogs, Dig: A Construction Tail, Duke heads up a pack of construction worker dogs as they suit up in boots, gloves, goggles and dirt-digging suits to build a park! The dogs get to use all kinds of cool equipmenta crane, a dump truck, a loader, a bulldozer, and a cement truck. Most fun of all they get to dig. Like all dogs, they love digging.

Work is interrupted when the dogs find something deep at the bottom of a hole. Children will love discovering what is buried in the ground.

Reviews

"With its punchy rhymes and Hanna-Barbera panoramas, Dig, Dogs, Dig hops along with the bouncy effervescence of P.D. Eastman's Go Dog. Go!." -- The New York Times Book Review

"Fans of Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site will eagerly dig into illustrator/designer Horvath's vehicle-centric debut, first in a planned series." -- Publishers Weekly

"Kids who get starry-eyed over trucks, earth-moving equipment, and construction sites should go gaga over this book, which has a pack of very capable canines scampering around and digging at a construction site." -- Booklist

"Beginner and experienced construction fanatics and their grown-ups will love this fun and appealing read-aloud." -- School Library Journal

Author Bio

James Horvath is the author-illustrator of two more picture books starring Duke and his construction crew: Build, Dogs, Build and Dig, Dogs, Dig, which the New York Times said "hops along with the bouncy effervescence of P. D. Eastman's Go, Dogs, Go!" He has worked as a designer and illustrator for more than fifteen years. In 2002, he established Jamestoons Studios (with a workforce of one) so he could focus more on his illustration. When not scratching and scribbling at his drawing table, he plays with his two young sons and wife, bangs around on the banjo, surfs, and generally has a lot of fun. A lifelong devoted cartoon fan, James Horvath lives with his family on California's central coast.