A New York Times bestseller!

A 2015 Caldecott Honor Book

With perfect pacing, the multi-award-winning, New York Times best-selling team of Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen dig down for a deadpan tale full of visual humor.

Sam and Dave are on a mission. A mission to find something spectacular. So they dig a hole. And they keep digging. And they find . . . nothing. Yet the day turns out to be pretty spectacular after all. Attentive readers will be rewarded with a rare treasure in this witty story of looking for the extraordinary -- and finding it in a manner you'd never expect.

Author: Mac Barnett
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
Published: 10/14/2014
Pages: 40
Weight: 0.88lbs
Size: 11.00h x 8.20w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9780763662295

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 1.9
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 169653 / Sam & Dave Dig a Hole


Award: 2015 Caldecott Medal Honor Book - Picture Book
Award: 2016 Georgia Children's Book Award Finalist - Picture Storybook
Award: 2016 Kentucky Bluegrass Award Recommended - Preschool
Award: 2015 E.B. White Read Aloud Award Winner - Picture Book
Award: 2016 Colorado Children's Book Award Nominee - Picture Book
Award: 2015 Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens Recommended - Up to Seven
Award: 2016 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Nominee - Grades K-3
Award: 2015 Parents Choice Awards (Fall) (2008-Up) Silver Medal Winner - Picture Book
Award: 2015 Irma S. & James H. Black Award Winner - Children's Literature
Award: 2017 California Young Reader Medal Nominee - Primary