Product Details. Ultimate Innovations Dirty Little Digger Garden Shovel Multi-Tool Multiple Color Options The Ultimate Innovation's Dirty Little Digger is one of. Kids learn through imitation, and by using Little Diggers tools, your kids are able to work right alongside adults for a fun bonding experience. EMSCO has everything a kid needs to start gardening: a round shovel, a hoe, a leaf rake, and a bow rake. The shovel is best used for digging and lifting up dirt in bulk to help prepare it for planting.
Publication date1939Pages481967 editionPZ7.B954 MiMike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel ( ) is a. First published in 1939, in the wake of the, it features Mike Mulligan, a operator, and his steam shovel Mary Anne. It is considered a classic favorite of children's literature: based on a 2007 online poll, the ranked the book as one of its 'Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children.' An animated short film of the same name, directed by, narrated by stand-up comedian, was adapted from the book and first aired by in 1990; it has been regularly shown as an 'HBO Storybook Musical' and has been released on DVD. Contents.Plot After many years of working successfully together, Mike and his classic steam shovel Mary Anne face competition from more modern gasoline, electric, and diesel motor shovels.
Seeking an area of the country where his classic steam shovel can still find work, Mike finds a small town that is about to build a new town hall. The authorities react with disbelief when Mike claims that he and his steam shovel Mary Anne can dig the cellar in a single day; they protest that it would take a hundred men a week. Mike insists that Mary Anne can finish the job in one day, though he privately has some doubts.At sunup the next day, Mike and Mary Anne begin work and just complete the task by sundown. But, they neglected to dig a ramp for driving out of the construction pit.
A watching child suggests that Mike take the job of janitor for the town hall, and that Mary Anne should be converted to a boiler for the town hall's heating system.Background According to a 2006 article in, the author set the book in after she attended town meeting in 1938 and sketched town hall and the townspeople. She was inspired to convert the steam shovel to a furnace by the son of friends, as they all discussed the book over dinner:At dinner on Chestnut Hill that evening, the author told the Albertsons and Berkenbushes about her dilemma. She had written Mike and Mary Anne into a literal corner - they were stuck in the hole they dug for the Town Hall basement. Dick, then about 12 years old, suggested the steam shovel could become the building's heating source. It was a simple notion, he said.
'My father had a garage in town that had a steam heating system, so I was familiar with it.' (Note: The first edition of the book spelled Dick Berkenbush's name incorrectly in a footnote crediting him with this idea.) Cultural references. In the book (1968) where Ramona's kindergarten teacher reads the book to the class and Ramona asks, 'If Mike Mulligan digs all day, when did he stop to use the bathroom?' .
This popular book was occasionally read by on his of the same name. In the American independent film, (1991), the book is shown on a shelf under the projector in the bedroom. 's 1954 children's book Mike's House tells the adventures of a small boy who checks out Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel so many times he calls the library Mike's House.Adaptation In 1990, HBO first aired an animated short film adapted from Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel, directed by adapted and narrated by stand-up comedian and produced by and Italtoons Corporation.
As of 2012 this short film is regularly shown as an 'HBO Storybook Musical.' It was released on video by Golden Video (a partner company of Golden Books). The video was also released on DVD by under HBO license, along with 27 other films adapted from classic children's books. References.
29 inches long and 6 inches wide and under 3 pounds. Blade is 4' x 8' with a slight angle to the sides to engage the serrated saw teeth when pushed into the soil. Long center spine adds rigidity and strength.
Larger steps provide a two to one advantage in applied pressure to the point. Heavy steel boss at the neck joint for re-enforcement, fiberglass shaft and an oversized heavy duty handle will make this the favorite tool in your shop. A hit with Gardeners and Landscape professionals as well people who enjoy camping, off roading, metal detecting and survivalist.A must for heavy vegetation, sod, and hard soil because it requires half the effort of a conventional spade.
You'll love it and your wife will steal it!. 29 inches long and 6 inches wide and under 3 pounds. Blade is 4' x 8' with a slight angle to the sides to engage the serrated saw teeth when pushed into the soil. Long center spine adds rigidity and strength. Larger steps provide a two to one advantage in applied pressure to the point. Heavy steel boss at the neck joint for re-enforcement, fiberglass shaft and an oversized heavy duty handle.