Do you want to sit back and sigh about their unfortunate luck? Will they find the treasure they were hoping for? They are on a mission to dig "until we find something spectacular." The language is simple enough for early learning of reading, but the deeper lessons of leadership, followership, teamwork, persistence, the value of work, and self-awareness are what make me love this book. Sam and Dave Dig A Hole is an excellent example of why you don’t need a Big Bad Baddie to write a good story. White Read-Aloud Award Winner of the Irma Black Award Winner of the Wanda Gág Read Aloud Book About Sam and Dave Dig a Hole. If "Sam and Dave Dig a Hole" doesn't garner all kinds of awards by the end of 2016, I will be shocked. And this is where Sam and Dave Dig a Hole treads the waters of picture book perfection. When Sam and Dave dig a hole, readers get "something spectacular." This book is part of the Read for Success collection. What happens when you dig a hole so deep that you come out the other end? Sam and Dave really do dig a hole in this book. Sam and Dave are on a mission. Handpicked by Amazon kids’ books editor, Seira Wilson, for Prime Book Box – a children’s subscription that inspires a love of reading. The reader gets the treat where Sam and Dave are stumped. To learn more about Read for Success, click here. illustrated by Jon Klassen Sam and Dave are digging a hole, and they will not stop until they find something spectacular. A 2015 Caldecott Honor Book With perfect pacing The boys, with their dog along side with them, keep digging. Sam and Dave set off to find something spectacular while digging in the backyard. “Sam and Dave Dig a Hole is a hilarious, mind-bending book about two boys (and a dog) looking for something exciting—but they keep missing. Then they split up. They want the same thing (and only one can have it), or they want different things. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Barnett and Klassen team up again to create a perfectly balanced story. They dig and dig and dig, until they can dig no more. Sam and Dave Dig a Hole - Interactive Read Aloud ActivitiesThis complete Sam and Dave Dig a Hole Unit contains everything you need to complete this engaging Interactive Read Aloud.This 21 page package contains the following:Interactive Read Aloud Information: Two full pages of information on Inter. They argue over the best plan to take. Sam and Dave Dig a Hole by Mac Barnett, 9781406360981, available at Book Depository with free delivery worldwide. They come back together and … The boys, on the other hand, do not. My kids love this, over and over and over.” —GeekDad But somehow this book works and works well. It isn’t really necessary to explain the basic plot as the title of the story takes care of that. ... Sam and Dave are on a mission: They plan to keep digging until they “find something spectacular.” When digging straight down doesn’t yield results, they turn to the right. 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. 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. Sam and Dave Dig a Hole does not really exude a thrilling plot and the front cover isn’t something that would normally grab a toddler’s attention. Klassen’s style is a perfect fit for Barnett’s understated text. The treasure, this spectacular something, is just beyond the Sam and Dave’s reality. ★ BUY ★ Winner of the Caldecott Honor Winner of the E.B. Sam and Dave Dig a Hole (Irma S and James H Black Award for Excellence in Children's Literature (Awards)) [Barnett, Mac, Klassen, Jon] on Amazon.com. The boys take a break from digging and drink chocolate milk and eat animal crackers. Sam & Dave Dig a Hole by Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen. Usually, when there’s no Big, Bad Baddie, the friends get into an argument between themselves. "Sam and Dave Dig a Hole" is about 2 boys who dig a hole. A mission to find something spectacular. Parents need to know that 2015 Caldecott Honor book Sam & Dave Dig a Hole, by Mac Barnett () and illustrated by award-winning artist Jon Klassen (This Is Not My Hat, Extra Yarn) is an offbeat tale of two boys (we don't know if they're brothers or friends) who dig a hole near a house and a tree, not wanting to stop till they find "something spectacular."