Digger Daisy!

Big Jobs, Bold Women

by Andrea Zimmerman, Dan Yaccarino (Illustrator)

Who can dig the park out of the mud? Digger Daisy and her awesome excavator sure can!

They scoop and dump.
They lift and load.
They clean the mess to clear the road.

Digger Daisy and her team are called when rain floods a local park with mud, trees, and rocks. With Daisy in the lead, a team of excavators, diggers, backhoes, and dump trucks begin cleaning up. But when a digger gets stuck in the mud, can Daisy finish the job? With clever problem solving and some helpful beavers, Digger Daisy saves the day.

The Big Jobs, Bold Women series introduces kids to strong women in tough hands-on jobs. Don’t miss Firefighter Flo!, Crane Jane!, and Plumber Pearl!

With dynamic artwork from Dan Yaccarino, Nickelodeon character designer for The Backyardigans, and energetic verse from Andrea Zimmerman, best-selling author of Trashy Town, Digger Daisy is the perfect book for the kids who love big construction trucks.

32 pages, Hardcover

Expected publication July 21, 2026

About the author

Andrea Zimmerman and David Clemesha are married and have created several children’s books together, including Digger Man, Fire Engine Man and Trashy Town, an ALA Notable Book. Zimmerman was born in Ohio and grew up in New York, Utah and California. When she was young, she loved exploring nature, reading comic books, and riding her horse. She studied fine arts for children in college, then later went back to school at UCLA and became a dentist. Clemesha grew up in England and moved to the United States when he was 16. He always loved playing tennis, drawing and reading. He studied English in college and became an elementary school teacher. Zimmerman and Clemesha live in San Diego, California, with their three sons.

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