Sherri Duskey Rinker

"Down in the big construction site, tough trucks work with all their might. But now its time to say goodnight! Even the roughest, toughest readers will want to turn off their engines, rest their wheels, and drift to sleep with this sweet and soothing story. With its special glow-in-the-dark ink, Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site will keep sleepy construction fans company even after the lights go out" --

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.

In rhyming text, the vehicles of the construction crew set to work demolishing an old rickety building--the necessary first step to building something new.

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.

Told in rhyming text, six farm vehicles work through all the seasons, from spring planting to building a barn to protect the animals in winter.

Before the construction crew can start renovating a fine old neighborhood, they need the help of the garbage vehicles to clean up truckfuls of trash, and much more.

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.

Little mouse cannot sleep because it is too quiet, but when he really listens he finds the night is full of all sorts of sounds--so many, in fact, that it is too noisy to sleep--

When, two weeks before Christmas, the elves discover that Santa's sleigh is in a bad state, twelve teams of elves set out to build twelve different sleighs: a souped up hot rod, a semitruck that flies, a ship that sails in the sky, and each version is more elaborate than the one before--but which will Santa choose?

Mientras se esconde el sol detrás del sitio de construcción, todas las máquinas trabajadoras se preparan para decir buenas noches. Una por una, Grúa, Mezcladora, Volquete, Niveladora y Excavadora terminan su trabajo y se acuestan a descansar-¡alistándose para otro día de construcción y diversion! Con ilustraciones irresistibles del reconocido artista Tom Lichtenheld y simpático texto en rima, este libro emocionará a todos los niños amantes...