I Dig You!

I dig you — all the way from the farm to the city to the snowy mountain top. I Dig You! from Cartwheel Books is the most uniquely shaped, most finger-puppet-powered, most construction-pun-perfect love story in board book publishing — a chunky, bulldozer-shaped novelty board book with a soft plush lion finger puppet embedded right inside, poking through to become a character on every single spread and turning every read-aloud into an interactive adventure that goes wherever the bulldozer goes and says what every little one deserves to hear at every stop along the way: I dig you. With bright, sweet illustrations, a durable chunky construction, and the kind of I-dig-you wordplay that makes transportation-obsessed toddlers and construction-loving little ones feel seen, celebrated, and completely dug by the person reading it — this is the board book that does it all, from the shaped cover to the plush finger puppet to the final page.

Book Details

• Title | I Dig You!
• Publisher | Cartwheel Books / Scholastic
• Publication Date | September 2022
• Format | Novelty board book — bulldozer-shaped die-cut paper over board, 8 pages, 8⅔ x 5⅔ inches
• Shape | Bulldozer-shaped board book — a chunky, durable, construction-vehicle die-cut that is as fun to hold as it is to read
• Interactive Feature | Embedded soft plush lion finger puppet — pokes through to become a character on every spread for a uniquely interactive reading experience
• Story | A bulldozer adventure traveling from the farm to the city to the snowy mountain — with the lion finger puppet as your co-pilot on every spread
• Theme | Construction vehicle love story — “I dig you” in every sense of the word, for transportation lovers and construction buffs
• Age Range | Ages 0–12 months through 3 years — the ideal tactile board book for babies and toddlers who love things that move and things that build

Why Kids Love It

• The lion finger puppet embedded in the bulldozer-shaped board book is the feature that makes I Dig You! unlike any other board book in the collection — a soft plush puppet that pokes through every spread to become an active character in the story, giving little ones the irresistible experience of controlling the puppet, moving the lion through every scene from farm to city to mountain, and participating in the story as a co-creator rather than just a listener, in the kind of uniquely interactive reading experience that developmental experts recognize as one of the most engagement-sustaining formats in early childhood literacy
• The bulldozer shape of the book itself is a tactile and visual experience that begins before a single page is turned — a chunky, die-cut board book that feels like a toy in the hands, looks like a construction vehicle on the shelf, and immediately signals to every transportation-obsessed, construction-loving toddler in the room that this is a book made specifically for them, in the most durable, most holdable, most play-ready format that a love story about a bulldozer has ever been given
• The I-dig-you construction pun gives this board book the same perfectly chosen wordplay magic that makes the best novelty love books genuinely funny to adults and genuinely sweet to children at the same time — a title and a message that land differently depending on who is reading it and who is hearing it, but always with the same result: a smile, a giggle, and the warm, completely dug feeling that the best board books leave behind on every single page

Perfect For

• Babies and toddlers ages 0–3 who love bulldozers, construction vehicles, transportation, finger puppets, and the kind of chunky shaped board book that is as fun to hold as it is to read — a Cartwheel Books novelty board book shaped like a bulldozer, featuring a plush lion finger puppet, bright illustrations, and an I-dig-you love story that travels from the farm to the city to the snowy mountain with the most lovable lion co-pilot imaginable
• A perfect baby shower gift, birthday gift, holiday gift, and construction-themed nursery essential for the little one who is always pointing at bulldozers, always watching construction sites from the car window, and always ready for a book that meets them exactly where their biggest interests and their most beloved vehicles live — from Cartwheel Books and Scholastic, in the most uniquely shaped, most finger-puppet-powered format in the collection
• Holding, puppeting, traveling, and being completely and utterly dug — bulldozer by lion, farm by mountain — the most construction-shaped, most finger-puppet-powered, most I-dig-you-perfect board book in the boutique