<Li> In the book Ramona the Pest (1968) where Ramona's kindergarten teacher reads the book to the class and Ramona asks, "If Mike Mulligan digs all day, when did he stop to use the bathroom?" </Li> <Li> This popular book was occasionally read by host Captain Kangaroo (Bob Keeshan) on his children's television show of the same name . </Li> <Li> In the American independent film, Slacker (1991), the book is shown on a shelf under the projector in the bedroom . </Li> <Li> Julia Sauer's 1954 children's book Mike's House tells the adventures of a small boy who checks out Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel so many times he calls the library Mike's House . </Li>

Story of mike mulligan and his steam shovel