{"product_id":"sam-dave-dig-a-hole","title":"Sam \u0026 Dave Dig a Hole by Mac Barnett","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller! \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA Caldecott Honor Book\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith perfect pacing, the multi-award-winning, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e best-selling team of Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen dig down for a deadpan tale full of visual humor.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSam 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eclever\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003esecond collaboration between Barnett and Klassen... The prose is deadpan; the joke's all in Klassen's winsomely smudgy illustrations.\u003cstrong\u003e--New York Times Book Review\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBarnett's well-chosen words and plentiful white space support readers. Klassen's cross-section illustrations give readers a mole's-eye view of the underground proceedings, extending the spare text with visual humor. As in his previous books, Klassen shows an uncanny knack for conveying meaning with the subtlest of eye movements. How fitting that the wordless final spread features a knowing look between the dog and a cat familiar to Klassen fans; all that's missing from the trippy conclusion is the theme music from The Twilight Zone \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eMind-blowing in the best possible way\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e--Horn Book (starred review)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen Sam and Dave dig a hole, readers get \"something spectacular.\" The boys, on the other hand, do not. Their quest to find the spectacular brings them painfully and humorously close to buried jewels as they spade their way into the ground, accompanied by an intrepid canine companion. ... Poor Sam and Dave. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eLucky readers\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eMac Barnett\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, the 2025-2026 National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, is a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003ebest-selling author of stories for children. His work has been translated into more than thirty languages and sold more than five million copies worldwide. Mac Barnett's books have won many prizes, including two Caldecott Honors, three \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\/ New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children's Book Awards, three E. B. White Read-Aloud Awards, the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBoston Globe-Horn Book\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAward, Germany's Jugendliteraturpreis, China's Chen Bochui International Children's Literature Award, the Netherlands' Zilveren Griffel, and Italy's Premio Orbil. He is the cocreator, with Jon Klassen, of the Substack \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eLooking at Picture Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, as well as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eShape Island\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, a stop-motion animated series on Apple TV+, based on their best-selling Shapes series of picture books. Mac Barnett lives in Oakland, California.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJon Klassen\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is the creator of the #1 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e bestselling \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eI Want My Hat Back\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, which received a Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor, and its companions, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis Is Not My Hat\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, which won a Caldecott Medal and a Kate Greenaway Medal, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWe Found a Hat\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, named a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Best Children's Book of the Year. He is also the creator of the Your Places and Your Things board book series, as well as the picture books \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Rock from the Sky\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Skull\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. He is the illustrator of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow Does Santa Go Down the Chimney?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eExtra Yarn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSam and Dave Dig a Hole\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and the Shapes Trilogy, all by Mac Barnett. For his contributions to children's literature, Jon Klassen is a member of the Order of Canada and was named the 2026 recipient of the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. 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