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Description
From the creators of Red Truck, Yellow Copter, Blue Boat, and Green Tractor comes a delightful new story about an orange excavator who saves the town of Tumberton again and again!
It's clean-up day in Tumberton and there's lots of hard work to be done.
Orange excavator will need to gobble up all the trash in sight, help fix the broken water line, and dig a hole to plant a tree, all before the day is done! Kersten Hamilton and Valeria Patrone are back to add a new color and friendly helper vehicle to their beloved book series.
Publication date
August 23, 2022
Genre
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780593202401
Lexile Measure
440
Publisher
N/A
Series
Red Truck and Friends
BISAC categories
JUV023000 - Juvenile Fiction | Lifestyles | City & Town Life JUV009020 - Juvenile Fiction | Concepts | Colors JUV041030 - Juvenile Fiction | Transportation | Cars & Trucks
Library of Congress categories
Picture books Stories in rhyme Board books Vehicles Excavating machinery
Kirkus
Young construction-vehicle mavens will enjoy this fun romp that takes them through a cheery bright-orange excavator's typical workday . . . The unfamiliar word excavator in itself should excite little ones because of its length, juicy mouth feel, and aural appeal.
Kersten Hamilton is a critically acclaimed author of books for toddlers, teens, and all people in between. Her fast-paced stories are loved by readers around the world. She is the author of Red Truck (illustrated by Valeria Petrone), which received a starred review from Booklist and has sold almost a quarter million copies. The Red Truck and Friends series now includes Yellow Copter, Blue Boat, Green Tractor, Orange Excavator, and Merry Christmas, Red Truck!
Kersten is also the author of First Friend: How Dogs Evolved from Wolves to Become Our Best Friends, the Gadgets and Gears middle grade series, and the Goblin Wars YA trilogy. Drawing from her own experience on the autism spectrum, she created her first neurodivergent protagonist in Lilibet Makes a Friend. Kersten has worked as a ranch hand, a wood cutter, a lumberjack, a census taker, and an archeological surveyor. She currently lives in New Mexico, where she hunts dinosaurs in the Ojito Wilderness when not writing.
