FICTION

Where Do Diggers Sleep at Night?

by Brianna Caplan SAYRES
Where Do Diggers Sleep at Night? illus. by Christian Slade. 32p. CIP. Random. May 2012. Tr $16.99. ISBN 978-0-375-86848-1; PLB $19.99. ISBN 978-0-375-96848-8. LC 2010017588.
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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
What happens to trucks when it's time for bed? A rhyming series of questions suggest what bedtime might be like for a variety of vehicles. The child whose bedtime musings these are is shown at the end going to sleep in a toy-truck-filled bedroom. The topic of trucks' bedtime routines and the illustrations of personified vehicles with animated faces will please truck-loving fans.
Reviewed by Jasmine L. Precopio , May 01, 2012

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