DEN - Can You Dig It? | Denville Public Library

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"Over the course of a long walk across a city, one curious kid needs to know: 'Does it have a butt?' Everything from sheep to ghosts to dinosaurs is subjected to this all-important question, and Dad is a never-ending source of answers. On a laugh-out-loudfather-child ramble, we come to see that every butt, from a bullfrog's to a zombie's, has its own distinctive, and distinctively hilarious, quality"--

2) Road work ahead

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Suen, Anastasia

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On the drive to Grandma's house, a boy and his mother encounter work crews using machinery and tools to perform roadwork.

3) Let's go to the hardware store

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Rockwell, Anne F

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When the new house needs fixing up, a brother and sister accompany their father on a trip to the hardware store to find the tools and materials needed to get the job done.

4) Who helps keep us safe?

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Donner, Erica

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Who helps?

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Shares the different people in the community that help keep everyone safe, including firefighters, lifeguards, and nurses.

5) What can you do with a toolbox?

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Carrino, Anthony

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Cousins Anthony and John introduces young readers to common tools and how they are used.

6) Make this!: building, thinking, and tinkering projects for the amazing maker in you

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Schwartz, Ella

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National Geographic kids

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"Instructions for creating items using scientific methods"--

7) Stanley's toolbox

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Bee, William

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Stanley uses his toolbox to help Little Woo repair his tree house.

8) Tool school

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Holub, Joan

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Told in rhyming text, five tools--Hammer, Screwdriver, Pliers, Saw, and Tape Measure--learn to work together on their first day of school.

9) Mr. Nogginbody gets a hammer

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Shannon, David

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After buying a hammer to fix a loose floorboard, Mr. Nogginbody learns a lot about home repairs--and what is, and is not, a nail.

10) Stanley the builder

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Bee, William

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"What a job for Stanley--he's building a house for his friend, Myrtle. He will need his digger and his bulldozer and his cement mixer. He will also need his friend, Charlie to help. But will they manage to build the whole house?"--

11) Digger Dog

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Bee, William

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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!

12) Backhoes

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Meister, Cari

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Bullfrog books. Machines at work

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"This photo-illustrated book for early readers tells about the parts of a backhoe and how the machine is used to put in an underground pipe"--

13) Big diggers

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Hayes, Amy

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Bookworms. Machines that work

14) Excavators

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Arnold, Quinn M

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Amazing machines

15) Backhoes

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Arnold, Quinn M

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Amazing machines

16) Crane Truck's Opposites

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Rinker, Sherri Duskey

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Goodnight Goodnight Construction Site

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A concept book from the #1 New York Times bestselling Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site series by Sherri Duskey Rinker! Crane Truck's Opposites: Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site introduces the concept of opposites in board book form to youngest readers. Little construction fans will love learning early concepts by watching Crane Truck as he works from DAY to NIGHT on jobs both BIG and SMALL, with help from his friend Excavator. •...