![]() ![]() The illustrations are engagingly simple, rendered digitally and in colored pencil by Caldecott Medal winner Jon Klassen. ![]() You will need to look closely at all the detail, in every item, in each relatively sparse spread, but if you do, the payoff is a huge laugh. While Sam and Dave dig, with their dog keeping a watchful eye, their cat sits atop the hole looking in at the boys’ progress. The humor is subtle-just under the surface (pun intended). This is a delightful book young children, especially young boys, will enjoy. I enjoyed Sam & Dave Dig a Hole immensely. All the while Sam and Dave find nothing, until. When the boys fail to find something after digging a hole “so deep their heads were underground,” Sam and Dave change course and dig sideways, then they split up and dig up on a diagonal, then back down again until, tired from digging, the two boys fall asleep. Along with Sam and Dave is their dog (no name). They could find a dinosaur bone or maybe dig all the way to China. The premise of Sam & Dave Dig a Hole is simple: the two boys are on a mission to find something spectacular and are determined to dig until they find something. “Sam and Dave are digging a hole, and they will not stop until they find something spectacular.” ![]()
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