Roger Duvoisin XXV

I'm always full of joy when I find a Roger Duvoisin book that I have not seen before. Here is an early example of the work of Roger Duvoisin 'The Steam Shovel That Wouldn't Eat Dirt', written by George Walters and published in 1948. This book is a charming anthropomorphisation of a steam shovel that overhears a grandmother saying, 'it is a dirty thing and no one should eat dirt' and so it goes to seek apples and bread and refuses to work.