Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel

Mike Mulligan and his incredible steam shovel Mary Anne are inseparable, digging holes for skyscrapers and tunnels through mountains for trains. As time marches on, and new machines come out, Mike and Mary Anne find themselves out of work. In the small town of Popperville, they take a job to dig a hole for a foundation faster and more efficiently than anyone else because they’re so good at working together! Mike is sure that Mary Anne can dig faster and better than 100 men. Can they really pull it off?

The board book is abridged from the original text by Virginia Lee Burton, and that makes it accessible for younger readers!