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Betty Gilderdale

The Little Yellow Digger Treasury

The Little Yellow Digger Treasury

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"In the next-door garden, they were digging out a drain when the weather turned quite nasty and it poured and poured with rain. When digging out a drain, the Little Yellow Digger gets stuck in the mud. So they bring in a bigger digger…"

Since the publication of the first story more than 30 years ago, the much-loved stories about the Little Yellow Digger have spanned generations of readers to become classics. This delightful treasury comprises the original five Little Yellow Digger stories by Betty and Alan Gilderdale and features a special note from the author.

  1. The Little Yellow Digger
  2. The Little Yellow Digger and the Bones
  3. The Little Yellow Digger at the Zoo
  4. The Little Yellow Digger Goes to School 
  5. The Little Yellow Digger Saves the Whale

A wonderful collection and celebration of everyone's favourite digger!

Features:

  • Hardback
  • 160 pages

Praise for the Book

"The Little Yellow Digger series has stood the test of time because the books are fun, imaginative and vibrant, with simple, clean art" - Tim Gruar, The Reader.

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About the Author

Betty Gilderdale

Betty Gilderdale is a scholar, educator, and an expert on New Zealand children's literature. She has worked as a lecturer, and her pioneering study, A Sea Change: 145 Years of New Zealand Junior Fiction (1982), won the PEN Award for best first book of prose. She has written numerous research papers, reviews of children's books, as well as entries in reference publications. Gilderdale's major biography, The Seven Lives of Lady Barker, was published in 1996. Betty is also the author of the now classic The Little Yellow Digger, which has remained in print for over twenty years. The Betty Gilderdale Award has been named in her honour, and in 2014 she was made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to children's literature.

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