Sam and Dave Dig a Hole is a children’s book by author Mac Barnett and illustrator Jon Klassen.

[1] The story, written by Barnett is told in the present tense, from a third person narrative point of view.

The illustrations rely heavily on the positioning of the eyes to describe the relationship between the objects in the frame that are hidden to the boys but are aware to the dog, as shown in various frames such as on pages 8 and 10 the two brothers are shown to be fixated on the task at hand whereas the dog is focused more on the jewel that is nearby.

[3] According to the Mac Barnett official webpage Buzzfeed lauded "This book is deadpan and dead awesome.

"[4] A review by the ALSC stated "Readers will find an unexpected treasure and be challenged to ponder the meaning of 'spectacular.