Sherri Duskey Rinker

It is Christmas Eve, and all the construction vehicles are finishing up work on the site, and when they leave they find that there is a special present waiting for each of them.

Told in rhyming text, seven new road-building machines set out on a job--building, rolling, paving, and painting a brand new road.

Told in rhyme, the big construction trucks are skeptical when Kid McGear the skid-steer shows up on the big construction site, after all a skid-steer is rather small--but when the big trucks run into trouble on a steep incline, Kid McGear proves that sometimes a small all-purpose truck may be just what is needed to save the day.

When mommy octopus tells little Floyd that it is time for bed, he decides that his parents want help getting their baths and putting on their pajamas (not what Mommy-O meant)--soon all three are covered with water and bubbles, and his parents are so exhausted that they fall asleep before Floyd is in bed.

In rhyming text, a mother describes all the ways her days have been changed by the addition of a toddler in her life.

Describes the life of the children's book author and illustrator, conveying her life at Folly Cove, her love of dance, and how she was able to create images of machinery, including those used in her book, Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel.

In rhyming text, Crane Truck works at the construction site with loads both heavy and light, big and small, helping his construction friends.

Tiny is a small, but very determined dog and right now he smells a big bone buried deep in the earth of the garden--and he is going to get that bone no matter how far down he has to dig.

On Halloween night, when the wind is blowing, even big tough construction trucks can get a little scared.

In rhyming text, the Construction crew find sweet Valentine's Day messages all over their site.