When Mike Mulligan and his steam shovel, Mary Ann, lose their jobs to the gasoline, electric, and diesel motor shovels, they go to a little country town where they find that one new job leads to another.

In rhyming text, Dump Truck and Cement Mixer have a colorful day at the construction site underneath a bright blue sky, pouring loads of gray concrete and moving brown loads of rocks up to the white moon night.

Wearing their hats, Construction Kitties use heavy equipment to dig, move, push, and smooth the dirt.

"Dump Truck Duck honks and zooms and steers his dump truck all through the day, helping the other hardworking ducks build a new park."--

Simple text and color photographs introduce readers to excavators and describe some of their uses.

A busy work crew dig, haul, and plow to help build a new park before discovering something unexpected buried in the ground.

At sunset, when their work is done for the day, a crane truck, a cement mixer, and other pieces of construction equipment make their way to their resting places and go to sleep.

Backhoes are ready to get the job done! Young students can learn about the different abilities of these machines, from digging holes to carrying dirt, through carefully leveled, supportive text. Crisp photos, numerous sight words, and simple features such as labels and diagrams further aid beginning readers as they learn about these busy machines.

When Gramps takes Brother, Sister, and Honey around town with Big Jake, they learn about the big machines that are used at construction sites, on farms, and in the woods.

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.