The digger dance
(Book)
Author
Contributors
Kang, Yong Ling, illustrator.
Published
Toronto : Owlkids Books, 2022.
ISBN
9781771474535, 177147453X
Status
Description
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Copies
Location | Call Number | Status |
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ADD - BKC_1 | jEASY GO,GO,GO! BUILD SADLER J. | On Shelf |
Bedford Park Public Library District - Juvenile Stacks | E SADLER | On Shelf |
Downers Grove Public Library - 1st Floor - Kids | JE FAVORITES THINGS THAT GO | On Shelf |
Downers Grove Public Library - 1st Floor - Kids | JE FAVORITES THINGS THAT GO | Checked out |
Downers Grove Public Library - 1st Floor - Kids | JE FAVORITES THINGS THAT GO | On Shelf |
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Published
Toronto : Owlkids Books, 2022.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
ISBN
9781771474535, 177147453X
Lexile code
AD
Lexile measure
460
Notes
Description
"A young boy is highly skeptical when his grandmother tells him that the machines at the nearby construction can dance, and he wants to see this for himself. But there are setbacks. and the child has to be patient and fill the time in other ways --- ploughing through books, digging through the toy box, building and bulldozing. When Grandma decides to bake, the child eagerly joins in, because Baking is almost as good as watching diggers. / We line up our equipment and we're ready! This very imaginative child turns baking into a great opportunity to do all sorts of digger-related actions I try to scoop sugar, but it's hard as a rock. / I have some excavating to do! / My arm is a high hoe, my hand holds a bucket. / I scrape and thump to crush all the lumps, / then shovel smooth sugar into the bowl. Finally, just as the cookies go in the oven, the skies clear, and the child is off! And in a wonderful run of text and art, the diggers come to life: One digger dips low, another lifts high. / They dig and load. / They bend, then rise ... This way, that way, together, apart. They dip, they swing, they dump, they spin! They pound and push, they shovel and roll! ... turning, spinning, bowing, bending ... It turns out that yes, indeed, the diggers do dance! And then, a satisfying surprise ending that brings us back to the cookies, as the child does a digger dance, all the way home. Features a warm, loving, intergenerational relationship between a boy and his grandmother. Component of social and emotional learning, as the child must practice patience and self-regulation during the long wait, and cope with small disappointments when the diggers aren't working. The words dance off the page in this energetic read-aloud, and the feeling of dancing is enhanced by the rhythm of the text."--,Provided by publisher.
Target Audience
AD460L,Lexile
Target Audience
Decoding demand: 54 (medium),Semantic demand: 68 (high),Syntactic demand: 57 (medium),Structure demand: 82 (very high),Lexile
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Sadler, J. A., & Kang, Y. L. (2022). The digger dance . Owlkids Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Sadler, Judy Ann, 1959- and Yong Ling, Kang. 2022. The Digger Dance. Toronto: Owlkids Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Sadler, Judy Ann, 1959- and Yong Ling, Kang. The Digger Dance Toronto: Owlkids Books, 2022.
Harvard Citation (style guide)Sadler, J. A. and Kang, Y. L. (2022). The digger dance. Toronto: Owlkids Books.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Sadler, Judy Ann, and Yong Ling Kang. The Digger Dance Owlkids Books, 2022.
Note! Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Citation formats are based on standards as of August 2021.
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