![]() ![]() Exhausted and covered from head to toe in dirt, Sam and Dave decide to take a rest. About halfway through, a spread reveals a diamond so large it can barely be contained on the page it dwarfs the two boys and their trusty canine companion-but all for naught, since they decide to dig in a different direction. ![]() The book progresses with each verso showing the boys' progress, while the recto features simple text, mostly dialogue between the practical but unlucky explorers. Namely, that each time the boys change direction, they narrowly miss discovering increasingly enormous jewels hidden in the earth. As in Klassen's This Is Not My Hat (Candlewick, 2012), readers are in on a joke to which the characters are oblivious. What works spectacularly is the clever play between words and pictures. ![]() Sam and Dave, who are either identical twin boys or friends who look astonishingly alike and share a sartorial sensibility, set out to dig a hole in the hopes of finding "something spectacular." With shovels in hand, the boys (with an eager terrier looking on) begin to tunnel into the soil, but they just can't seem to find anything of interest. PreS-Gr 1-The winning picture book team that created Extra Yarn (HarperCollins, 2012) is back together in this understated, humorous, and charmingly perplexing tale. ![]()
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