Sam & Dave Dig a Hole by Mac Barnett

Sam and Dave are sure they will discover something exciting if they just keep digging their hole. 

Sam 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.

Mac Barnett, the 2025-2026 National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, is a New York Times best-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 New York Times/ New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children's Book Awards, three E. B. White Read-Aloud Awards, the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, Germany's Jugendliteraturpreis, China's Chen Bochui International Children's Literature Award, the Netherlands' Zilveren Griffel, and Italy's Premio Orbil. Mac Barnett lives in Oakland, California.