Mik
e loved bulldozers and so did his friends. They spent hours playing in the sand, building freeways and carting stones with their model trucks. So when Grandpa took him shopping for a birthday present, Mike knew exactly what he wanted.
This book has been adored by generations of small machinery experts and has a sequel, Mike’s Bulldozer and the Big Flood which is set on a farm beside the Goulburn River near Shepparton, in Victoria.
Mike’s Birthday Bulldozer was published by Nelson in 1981, and Puffin Books in 1991 ISBN: 9780140543223. A handsome new edition is now available from Wattle Bay Books wattlebaybooks.com
Reviews of Mike’s Birthday Bulldozer
‘brilliantly portrays a typical childhood fantasy’ The Guardian, United Kingdom
‘brilliantly illustrated picture storybook’ Adelaide Advertiser, Australia