"Little Excavator wants to help the big rigs transform a vacant lot into a neighborhood park, but he is too small to get the job done! That is, until he finds a job that is a perfect Little E-sized task"--

"With a turn of his crane and a swing of his wrecking ball, Mr. Gilly knocks down the old buildings. He smashes through brick and wood. He crashes through stone and glass. Then, with a push from his bulldozer, Mr. Gilly cleans it all up to make room for something brand-new!" -- Amazon.

Illustrations and simple text show the parallels between a pair of sandhill cranes building a nest and a construction crane being used to build a cabin for a family.

"Dex the Little Red Crane and his Very Tall Operator, Pete, are needed for a big project far away! While traveling through cities and across the water to their destination, Dex and Pete meet giant crane friends, all with different jobs. What could this big project far away want with a little crane like Dex? In the end, Dex may have the coolest job of all. A perfect story for readers interested in construction vehicles, each page of The Little Red...

The blue-capped man who operates the crane is so attached to the machine that he never leaves it in war or in peace.