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Bulldozer Helps Out

illus­trat­ed by Eric Rohmann
Atheneum Books for
Young Read­ers, May 2017
978–1481458948
ages 2 to 6

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Bulldozer Helps Out

The con­struc­tion site bus­tled.
Cement Truck was stir­ring … stir­ring … stir­ring.
Dig­ger Truck was scoop­ing … scoop­ing … scoop­ing.
Crane Truck was lift­ing … lift­ing … lift­ing.
And Bull­doz­er was — watch­ing … watch­ing … watching.

Lit­tle Bull­doz­er wants to help, but all the big­ger trucks say he is too small. So when Crane Truck says he can clear a bit of debris out of the way, Lit­tle Bull­doz­er is eager for the job. He can do it, yes he can. What he doesn’t expect is to find a fam­i­ly of new­born kit­tens liv­ing in the pile of debris! Can he take care of babies? Now that’s a tough job. A job that hap­pens to be just the right size for Lit­tle Bulldozer.

Awards and Honors

  • Coop­er­a­tive Chil­dren’s Book Cen­ter Choic­es 2018
  • Penn­syl­va­nia Key­stone to Read­ing Award (preschool lev­el) 2018–2019

Reviews

“… the lit­tle bull­doz­er in Can­dace Flem­ing and Eric Rohman­n’s Bull­doz­er Helps Out has to watch and wait before he can dig in. When the big­ger trucks final­ly assign Bull­doz­er a job, he quick­ly real­izes it’s more impor­tant to stand your ground than move the earth. Whether depict­ing mas­sive machin­ery or lit­tle kit­tens, Rohman­n’s solid­ly con­struct­ed and deft­ly col­ored block print illus­tra­tions make every page turn a delight.” (The New York Times, James Sturm)