Pig's Digger by Simon Puttock and Alison Bartlett (Egmont, £9.99)

THIS book will jump out at you. It is bright, bold and beautifully put together. It will appeal to any small hands reaching out for fun and stimulation.

And it all starts when pig receives a large parcel from granny on his birthday with a mysterious note attached.

A huge yellow digger is sitting waiting for him in the garden. What more could any young thing dream of? Forget those puny plastic spades in the sandpit - we're talking industrial size serious holes here.

In fact Pig makes light work of digging Cow a swimming pool in a day and ploughing up and planting Hen's cornfield. The trouble starts when Pig is left without anything constructive to dig. Jackie Harris