Building God's Kingdom: Diggit Saves the Day($14.99Value)

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Building God’s kingdom―one step at a time It’s time to get to work! The trucks have gotten their assignment and are ready to build! But they come across a surprise―a tiny squirrel named Earl who has lost his way. How will they do their jobs and help Earl find is way home? Dozer, Diggit, Stretch, and Tipper must use their special traits and work together to help Earl and to bring glory to God. There are few faith-based books aimed at boys. This new inspirational brand for little boys resonates with the hot construction trend such as Where Do Diggers Sleep At Night? and Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site . Construction and trucks remain an evergreen interest with boys, making these books strong standalone titles. Parents will love this fun story that helps kids learn about the being kind and helping others in a bright and active way. Andy Holmes is a bestselling author for kids with more than 500,000 books sold. Trim Size: 7.75 x 7.75 Andy Holmes was born in Memphis, TN, in 1961 and moved with his family to Abilene, TX, in 1968. Andy Holmes is the author of over fifty books, illustrating many of them as well. Andy Holmes created the internationally seen children's television series "Gerbert" and was the series' writer, performer as well as co-wrote the songs. Andy Holmes was awarded the Excellence In Children's Ministry National Award by the International Network of Children's Pastors, was nominated for an Ace Award for his work with the "Gerbert" television series, and won a Telly Award for his work on the triple-cast show "NetTalk Interactive". Diggit Saves the Day By Andy Holmes Thomas Nelson Copyright © 2014 Andy Holmes All rights reserved. ISBN: 978-0-529-11100-5 CHAPTER 1 Ba-room-boom-boom! "Everyone ready?" Dozer asked. "Wait!" Diggit said. "Tools? Check. Directions? Check. Gas? Check." "You've checked your list twice ," Stretch said. "Good planning makes for good working," Diggit said, looking up. "Okay ... ready!" "Good!" Dozer said. "Let's get building!" If we work quickly," Diggit said, "we'll get everything done." "Great!" they agreed. Dozer pushed a wall of dirt and limbs into a big pile. Diggit scooped up a clawful and emptied it into Tipper's bed. Diggit raised his claw high, ready to dig in for another bucket of dirt ... then froze . There, right below him, as teeny as tiny, was a sleeping baby squirrel. "What are you looking at, Diggit?" Tipper said. "What's the holdup?" Dozer asked. Diggit shushed them and whispered, " He is." They all looked down at the tiny squirrel. "The poor thing," Stretch whispered. "He's so little ," Tipper said. Just then, the teensy squirrel half opened his eyes and sleepily walked over to Dozer's shovel and used it to scratch his back. Dozer rumbled a big laugh. "Comfy?" The squirrel spun around and said to Dozer's shovel, "I-I've never heard a wall talk before!" They all laughed. "A wall? There's more to me than that," Dozer said. "I'm Dozer." "I-I'm Earl. Earl the squirrel," he said, peering up at the big machines. "Are you lost?" Stretch asked. Earl looked around ... then sighed. "Very." "We'll help you," said Stretch. "We would help you," Diggit interrupted, "if we weren't so busy ." And then he dug down for another clawful of limbs. "Careful, little buddy," Diggit said. "We're working here." "Diggit!" Tipper said, mustering up the courage to speak. "That was not kind!" "Not kind at all," Stretch said. "But our list, our plan ...," Diggit said. "We have so much work to do." "What about God's plan?" Dozer asked. Diggit realized how unkind he had been. "Earl!" he shouted, rumbling over to where the little squirrel was sitting. "I'm sorry. I was not kind. You are more important than any list, and God tells us to be kind and help others," he said. "Will you forgive me?" Earl smiled and hopped over to hug Diggit. "Of course." Diggit lowered his claw. "Climb aboard," he said. "And hold on tight!" Diggit slowly lifted Earl as high as his arm could reach. "Can you see your house?" Earl looked in every direction, searching for the tree that looked like home. He jumped a little and pointed. "It's that way!" he shouted. (Continues...) Excerpted from Diggit Saves the Day by Andy Holmes . Copyright © 2014 Andy Holmes. Excerpted by permission of Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher. Excerpts are provided by Dial-A-Book Inc. solely for the personal use of visitors to this web site.