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A Hole is to Dig
Average rating
4 out of 5
Based on 2,495 Ratings and 195 Reviews

Book Description
a first book of definitions w/ illustrations by Marice Sendak.
Book Information
PublisherScholastic, Inc.
BindingPaperback (33 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages48
ISBN-100590407880
ISBN-13978-0590407885
Publication Date12/1988
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About Ruth Krauss (Author) : Ruth Krauss is a published author and an illustrator of children's books. Some of the published credits of Ruth Krauss include Carrot Seed, You're Just What I Need, The Backward Day, and Goodnight Goo... more
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About Maurice Sendak (Illustrator) : Maurice Sendak is a published author, editor, illustrator, and a photographer of children's books and young adult books. Some of the published credits of Maurice Sendak include Where the Wild Things A... more
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6/4/2008 Education Maze said:
Ruth Krauss is one of the great children's literature writers and one of Sendak's excellent mentors, it's hard not to love her. "A Hole Is To Dig" strikes me in the freedom it gives children to choose how they manipulate objects, ideas, and the outside world. A hole does not have one purpose, but ma... more

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3/10/2008 Jessica McLeod said: The words and illustrations combine perfectly to create a charming, silly, serious book that makes me happy every time I read it. The early Sendak drawings are so simple and yet so lovely!
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8/31/2007 Elizabeth Bluemle tagged as: I Read

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