Digger the Dinosaur

Digger wants to play baseball with his friends, but he isn’t allowed to go out until he’s cleaned his room. Digger starts cleaning at top speed, but the faster he moves the messier his room gets. His big tail and big feet aren’t helping! Will Digger win the race to tidy his room and get to the game on time? 

As part of the My First I Can Read Series, Digger the Dinosaur is perfect for emergent readers. The story uses basic language, word repetition, sight words, and full-page illustrations. Each page has one to three simple sentences. To add humor, on most of the pages Digger misunderstands what someone is saying because of rhyming words. For example, Stego tells Digger to “put your coat on the hook.” However, Digger thinks Stego said “book.” These silly misunderstandings add suspense as well as make the story fun to read.  

A full-color illustration covers every page. The illustrations use dark blues and reds, but Digger appears in green. Readers will enjoy the simple illustrations that show Digger and his friend cleaning Digger’s bedroom which has many of the same items that you would find in a human home—coats, hats, and cats. 

Digger the Dinosaur will appeal to young readers who love dinosaurs. The story teaches the importance of cleaning up your mess. As part of the My First I Can Read Series, the story will help build reading confidence in emergent readers. Adults who want to encourage children to read should add Haggis and Tank Unleashed: Digging for Dinos by Jessica Young and Danny and the Dinosaur in the Big City by Syd Hoff to their reading list. 

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Drugs and Alcohol  

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Supernatural 

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