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A clever second collaboration between Barnett and Klassen... The prose is deadpan; the joke’s all in Klassen’s winsomely smudgy illustrations.
—New York Times Book Review
Barnett’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. Mind-blowing in the best possible way.
—Horn Book (starred review)
When 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. Lucky readers.
—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
Barnett’s comic voice is at its driest as he recounts that quintessential American childhood activity—the digging of the giant hole. ... Cross-sections of earth show them further and further down, and comic tension erupts as readers see gigantic diamonds buried at intervals underground while Sam and Dave tunnel on, missing every one... They land in their own backyard again—or do they? Barnett and Klassen dangle the prospect of fantastic subterranean treasure before readers, but leave them with an even greater reward: a tantalizingly creepy and open-ended conclusion.
—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
The deliberately poker-faced, almost banal flatness of the text isn’t the joke here but the straight man to the ironic humor of the art (the boys’ elaborate subterranean efforts carefully lead them just past several increasingly huge diamonds). ... Engaging as well as stylish. Kids will enjoy playing "spot the differences" once they figure out the joke... Young excavators will appreciate this surreal modernization of the old notion of digging all the way to China.
—Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
An understated, humorous, and charmingly perplexing tale. ... What works spectacularly is the clever play between words and pictures. As in Klassen’s "This Is Not My Hat," readers are in on a joke to which the characters are oblivious. Namely, that each time the boys change direction, they narrowly miss discovering increasingly enormous jewels hidden in the earth. .. Klassen’s use of muted earth tones and uncomplicated compositions is paired well with Barnett’s deadpan humor.
—School Library Journal
Klassen’s pebbly, earth-toned, colored-pencil and digital illustrations of Sam and Dave’s dig are exaggerated to comic effect, especially when coupled with Barnett’s dry, simple text. Subtle visual clues (the final absence of dirt on Sam’s and Dave’s clothes; a closing house that’s just slightly different from the opening one) suggest there’s more to the story than meets the eye, and canny little ones will likely be delighted by the beguiling ending.
—Booklist
A funny, deadpan adventure... This is an exercise in suspending disbelief, which children will gladly undertake. ... A topsy-turvy treasure-seeking adventure.
—Shelf Awareness
Mr. Barnett’s economical text works in droll counterpoint with illustrations that become subtly surreal. Soon the hole is so deep that the boys and the dog begin to plummet, only to land back in the soft dirt where they started. Or do they? Tiny clues suggest otherwise in this clever and faintly disconcerting adventure.
—Wall Street Journal
Part wry comedy of errors, part Twilight Zone, this book feels timeless in that it could have been from 50 years ago, or from 50 years in the future (and possibly from another dimension).
—Huffington Post
Part wry comedy of errors, part Twilight Zone, if you're digging through your shelves for something spectacular, look no further.
—Huffington Post, Best Picture Books of 2014
A wryly subtle, unexpectedly funny picture book about two brothers in search of something extraordinary. ... As they dig deeper and deeper (and get dirtier and dirtier), readers will delight in spotting the spectacular items that lie just outside their shovels’ reach. Barnett’s deadpan text and Klassen’s equally restrained illustrations (the dog’s facial expressions alone are priceless) combine to create a picture book rich in dramatic irony and understated hilarity. The limited color palette (heavy on the earth tones, of course), imaginative text and surprising ending combine to create a collaboration that is itself nothing short of spectacular.
—BookPage
A visually appealing underground adventure... Kids will love to read, reread and just look at this book.
—PBS Parents
Is any childhood truly complete without at least one shovel-wielding foray into shoulder-deep dirt? ... A carefully choreographed interplay between Mac Barnett’s straight-faced text ("So they kept digging") and Caldecott-winner Jon Klassen’s stylized illustrations.
—The Washington Post
The beauty of this story is that it articulates something kids seem to intuitively know, but can't really explain with language. The way that Klassen's illustrations tel as much of the story as Barnett's words is absolutely brilliant.
—Globe + Mail
With Barnett's clever prose and Jon Klassen's sly illustrations, this book is one of the best of the year.
—East Bay Express
Entertaining, funny and interesting... This picture-driven book engages the imagination with deadpan humor and dry wit.
—Minnesota Parent
Marvelous. ... Jon Klassen's art, created digitally in colored pencil, adds witty and clever layers to a humorous story about friendship, strategic thinking and determination.
—The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Charming... with droll illustrations.
—The Buffalo News
This book is deadpan and dead-awesome.
—BuzzFeed
A masterwork in humor, subtlety, and surprise, Sam & Dave Dig a Hole will leave readers digging for the truth.
—100 Scope Notes (SLJ blog)
Mac Barnett is the author of several award-winning books for children, including President Taft Is Stuck in the Bath, illustrated by Chris Van Dusen, and Extra Yarn, illustrated by Jon Klassen, which won a Boston Globe–Horn Book Award and a Caldecott Honor. Mac Barnett lives in California.
Jon Klassen is the author-illustrator of I Want My Hat Back, a Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor book, and This Is Not My Hat, winner of the Caldecott Medal. He is also the illustrator of House Held Up by Trees, written by Ted Kooser, which was named a New York Times Book Review Best Illustrated Children’s Book, and Extra Yarn, written by Mac Barnett, which won a Caldecott Honor. Originally from Niagara Falls, Ontario, Jon Klassen now lives in Los Angeles.
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I am a substitute teacher, and this book is in my arsenal of read-aloud books. Kids in pre-k through fifth grade find it fascinating. The students get very frustrated when the characters are so close to finding "something spectacular" only to dig the other way, and the ending leads them wondering exactly where Sam & Dave ended their journey. Usually only a handful of students notice the difference with, "Hey, that's a pear tree, where's the apple tree?", then other students catch on and we go back and find the differences from the beginning to the end off the story. It lead to all sorts of questions, "Are they in a parallel universe? Another dimension? A cave? The center of the Earth?" And they all love the dog. Great book for a substitute teacher, or read-aloud day. The text is also easy enough for kids in first grade to read with little help.
Ok, I loved this book but then I think it is hard to go wrong with the genius of Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen. I thought the book was so clever. My daughter and I greatly enjoyed reading this. It felt like real life to my adult mind. The boys were so close so many times. They kept missing the clues from their dog which were plain if they had only been paying attention. If only they had kept going a little farther they would have reached spectacular. The more they worked it seemed the greater their potential spectacular although each time they barely missed it. You feel at the end that maybe they got nothing out of their hardwork and then suddenly you realize that in fact everything is subtly changed so perhaps something spectacular did happen just not what they were expecting. I love that! Barnett and Klassen see life in such an interesting way. You can't help but wish they lived in your neighborhood!
This is a top 5 childrens book for us. We read to our daughters every night and the reaction this book brings out in our children is worth every penny. Each time the diggers narrowly miss the treasure there is a resounding NOOOOOO!!! and ARGHHHHHH!!!!! usually followed by squeamish hairpulling from my kids.
The ending was the biggest fulfillment of the book. I don't recall reading a childrens book and getting so much discussion/input from my daughter at the end. Usually it is blah blah blah... the end...next book, but NOT with Sam and Dave.
She was very observant when it came to noticing the differences and had some fascinating ideas of why they were different. Reminded me of a classic Sci-fi type ending. I originally checked this out of the library, but this is one I wanted to own and read to my future grandchildren.
As a substitute teacher, I'm always looking for interesting books to read to the students, especially anything that makes them think or that I can turn into a lesson. This book has several useful lessons in it - one being, that whenever you feel like giving up, keep going! You never know when something great is just around the corner...and if you give up too soon, you may miss it! Sam and Dave prove this every time they think their digging isn't leading anywhere and they decide to dig in another direction. If they had just kept digging a little bit longer, they'd have found what they were looking for! The second lesson is, if something isn't working, change it up! There is more than one way to solve a problem or reach a goal. When digging straight down doesn't lead anywhere, Sam and Dave decide to dig sideways.
The scenery in this book also lends to an interesting conversation at the end. Did the students notice the difference between the house and surroundings on the first page versus the last? And what happened to Sam and Dave in the end? Where are they now? It appears that Sam and Dave are somewhere else...and that's a perfect opportunity for students to write a story about where they think Sam and Dave ended up. Talk about an awesome time-killer! This could fill up at LEAST an hour if you needed it to...plus, the kids learn some valuable lessons!
Highly recommend!
One of my all time favorites! Such a wonderful book to read aloud with groups or individual children. The missing diamonds works spectacularly on a basic level that will have the kids rolling with laughter. But the ending packs a wallop that will leave them thinking and guessing for much longer. A great opportunity to reinforce the importance of "reading" illustrations + also disrupts the traditional ending, encouraging their own creative thinking. I've shared with 4 year olds all the way up to 7th graders and they all love it! Highly recommended.
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