Bix Harrington
The first day of summer in Windle Bay is very, very boring. Then Beno’s homemade catapult sends a red ball straight through the back window of Nell’s Hardware Shop.Behind a blue door marked KNOCK (THEN DUCK), Miles and Beno meet Theo, a young inventor with a workshop full of things that almost work, and Bolt, a junk robot who is sure he is a dog.When Ranger Hazel’s tagged marmot goes quiet after a storm, and Old Gus unrolls a fifty-year-old map of a crystal cave hidden inside the mountain, there is only one thing to do. Climb into the Mechanical Mole, grab a pocketful of Glow Marbles, and dig.The Great Dig is the first book in Miles & Beno Adventures, a funny, warm chapter-book series about two best friends, their inventor pal Theo and a robot dog named Bolt. In every book, a brand-new invention takes them somewhere nobody their age has ever been: inside a mountain, under the sea, across the snow and up into the sky. Full of friendship, real-world science and illustrations throughout. Readers can also hear the story read aloud on nightfold.com (subscription required).
