Sam & Dave Dig a Hole
by Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen
60 Total Resources 8 Awards 17 State Lists View Text Complexity Discover Like Books
- Grade
- PK-2
- Genre
- Adventure
- Humor
- Picture Book
Year Published 2014
Word Count 275
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 450L
- ATOS Reading Level: 1.9
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 169653, 0.5 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories
- Imagination--Juvenile fiction
- Holes
- Picture books for children
- Humorous stories
- Boys--Fiction
- Holes--Juvenile fiction
- Shovels
- Boys--Juvenile fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Imagination & Play
- Persistence
- Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction
- Holes--Fiction
- Imagination--Fiction
Our Original Resources 6
Meet-the-Illustrator Recording with Jon Klassen about Sam & Dave Dig a Hole
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Mac Barnett
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Jon Klassen
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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View Comprehensive Text Complexity Measures
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Submit Qualitative Text Complexity Rubric
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About the Authors 8
Audio Name Pronunciation with Mac Barnett
Created by TeachingBooks
Audio Name Pronunciation with Jon Klassen
Created by TeachingBooks
Author Interviews 33
Meet-the-Illustrator Recording with Jon Klassen
Created by TeachingBooks
Interview with Mac Barnett
Created by Reading Rockets
Interview with Jon Klassen
Created by Candlewick Press
Interview with Mac Barnett
Created by Candlewick Press
Interview with Mac Barnett
Created by Let's Get Busy Podcast
TED Talk given by Mac Barnett
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Interview with Mac Barnett
Created by Art of the Picture Book
Interview with Mac Barnett
Created by Reading Rockets
On the scary truth about writing with Mac Barnett
Created by Reading Rockets
Interview with Mac Barnett
Created by The Yarn Podcast
Interview with Mac Barnett
Created by KidLit TV
Interview with Mac Barnett
Created by Picturebooking Podcast
Advice to writers from Mac Barnett
Created by Reading Rockets
Picture books are for all ages with Mac Barnett
Created by Reading Rockets
Three levels of picture books with Mac Barnett
Created by Reading Rockets
On the evolution of the picture book with Mac Barnett
Created by Reading Rockets
Using picture books in the classroom with Mac Barnett
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Living in a visual culture with Mac Barnett
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In love with books with Mac Barnett
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A read-aloud childhood with Mac Barnett
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Favorite picture books with Mac Barnett
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On idea tumbling with Mac Barnett
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On writer's block with Mac Barnett
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On children as understanders with Mac Barnett
Created by Reading Rockets
Learning to write with Mac Barnett
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On school visits with Mac Barnett
Created by Reading Rockets
Interview with Jon Klassen
Created by Mackin Community
Interview with Jon Klassen
Created by Art of the Picture Book
Interview with Jon Klassen
Created by South China Morning Post
Interview with Jon Klassen
Created by The Yarn Podcast
Interview with Jon Klassen
Created by Candlewick Press
Interview with Jon Klassen
Created by Brightly
Interview with Jon Klassen
Created by Scottish Book Trust
Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 8
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
Created by TeachingBooks
Activity Guide from California Young Reader Medal
Created by California Young Reader Medal
Teacher Guide from Amnesty International UK
Created by Amnesty International UK
Visual Literacy Notes from Amnesty International UK
Created by Amnesty International UK
4-Person Reader's Theater Script from California Young Reader Medal
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7-Person Reader's Theater Script from California Young Reader Medal
Created by California Young Reader Medal
Teaching Ideas from Classroom Bookshelf
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Story Hour Kit from Candlewick Press
Created by Candlewick Press
Book Trailers 2
Video Book Trailer from Walker Books Ltd.
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Video Book Trailer from Candlewick Press
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Awards & Distinctions 8
Randolph Caldecott Medal, 1938-2023
Honor, 2015
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2022
Elementary Selection, 2015
E.B. White Read-Aloud Award, 2012 - 2019
Winner, 2015
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2023
Commended, 2015
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2015
Horn Book Fanfare, 2001 - 2022
Selection, 2014
Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2022
Picture Book Selection, 2014
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