Hurray! It's Pig's Birthday! His granny has sent him a lovely big birthday present - a bright yellow digger! Pig is ever so excited and digs and digs all day long - he helps Cow to dig a swimming pool and he helps Dog to bury his bones. But soon there's nothing left for Pig to dig. What will he do? Pig goes to bed feeling rather sad. But in the middle of the night he wakes up - he just has to do some more digging!! The next morning, there is mayhem - everything is in a complete mess! Pig's friends have had enough. "Pig," they say, "that digger has got to go!" Pig puts everything back where it belongs, but he knows that his friends are right. The digger brings out his wild side! He knows deep down that the digger will have to go, but what a terrible waste of a wonderful digger, he thinks. Then Pig has an idea. It's his cousin Hoggetty's birthday soon, so he'll send him a lovely big birthday present...

 

There are 32 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 2002 by Egmont UK Ltd .

Alison Bartlett studied illustration at Anglia College of Art in Cambridge and began an M. A. At Kingston University. In 1993 she was shortlisted for the Macmillan Prize for Oliver's Vegetables. She lives in Bristol with her young son. Author: Simon Puttock wa born in New Zealand but now lives in Edinburgh. He is an established children's picture book writer and has worked with many publishers including Macmillan and OUP.