calistareads 's review for:

Sam & Dave Dig a Hole by Mac Barnett
3.0

I tell you what, Sam & Dave really know how to dig. Their parents must be miners or something. They dig these elaborate tunnels looking for something interesting. The cute thing about this beginning story, is that we are able to see in the dirt around them and we see all the diamonds they are missing by inches. They have the worst instincts for digging as every time they are getting close to a diamond, they decide to change directions.

The kids were going nuts. It’s right there, they need to keep going. They were trying to get the kids to change directions. The nephew kept saying they were so close. The nephew got a little excited over this and he liked this book. He gave it 4 stars. The niece thought this book was amusing. She gave it 3 stars.

The artwork is very minimalist in some ways. It has lots of negative space I think is what you call it, or just space. It is not frilly. It is a cute story.