Alamosa Public Library

Explains what diggers are, what they are used for, and names the individual parts of one.

"Come on down to the construction site! Meet the mega machines that will help workers build a brand-new school"--Back cover.

There are many big machines and busy people involved in building a road, and this picture book, with its rambunctious rhymes and noisy fun, follows them every step of the way, from clearing a pathway to rolling the tar to sweeping up at the end.

Describes, in text and illustrations, the evolution of different types of machines, how they work, and their many uses.

Describes how various earthmoving trucks clean up a dump and make a playground, discussing what such machines as diggers, mixers, bulldozers, and cranes can do.

A crew breaks up old pavement around a hole in the road, sets up cones, works with jackhammers, and prepares for diggers, dump trucks, and rollers to do their work, hauling in rocks and rolling the asphalt flat as they repair the road.