PRESCHOOL
Fleming, Candace

Bulldozer's Christmas Dig

(2) PS Illustrated by Eric Rohmann. It's Christmas Eve, and Bulldozer is worried: "He didn't have any presents for his friends. Not one." He sees an old tire sticking out of the snow: "I wonder what other treasures are under there?" With his playful cat friends from Bulldozer Helps Out (rev. 7/17) as company, he digs and digs, amassing an impressive pile of salvage. He's discouraged at first, then inspired: "Through the swirling, whirling, / twinkling snowflakes, he thought he saw-- / Was it? / Could it be?" Poking, pushing, nudging his creation into shape, Bulldozer brings his vision to life. A string of lights and a large gearwheel at the top complete the surprise. Fleming's warmhearted story and Rohmann's bold relief block print illustrations are both full of treasures.

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