Sam & Dave Dig a Hole
by Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen
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- Grade
- PK-2
- Genre
- 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
- Lists With This Book
- Picture Books for Older Children & Teens
- Dig Deeper: iREAD PreK & Early Literacy
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
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Jon Klassen
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Author Interviews 20
Meet-the-Illustrator Recording with Jon Klassen
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Interview with Jon Klassen
Created by Candlewick Press
Interview with Mac Barnett
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Interview with Mac Barnett
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TED Talk given by Mac Barnett
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Interview with Mac Barnett
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Interview with Mac Barnett
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Interview with Mac Barnett
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Interview with Mac Barnett
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Interview with Mac Barnett
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Interview with Mac Barnett
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Interview with Mac Barnett
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Interview with Jon Klassen
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Interview with Jon Klassen
Created by Art of the Picture Book
Interview with Jon Klassen
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Interview with Jon Klassen
Created by South China Morning Post
Interview with Jon Klassen
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Interview with Jon Klassen
Created by The Yarn Podcast
Interview with Jon Klassen
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Interview with Jon Klassen
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 8
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Activity Guide from California Young Reader Medal
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Teacher Guide from Amnesty International UK
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Visual Literacy Notes from Amnesty International UK
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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
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Teaching Ideas from Classroom Bookshelf
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Story Hour Kit from Candlewick Press
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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 7
Randolph Caldecott Medal, 1938-2021
Honor, 2015
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2021
Elementary Selection, 2015
Notable Children's Books, 1995-2021
Commended, 2015
E.B. White Read-Aloud Award, 2012 - 2019
Winner, 2015
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2015
Fanfare, 2001 - 2020
Selection, 2014
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