Dig - by Jason Reynolds (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

From award-winning and New York Times bestselling creators Jason Reynolds and Taeeun Yoo comes a tender picture book that explores the strength of the bond between father and son through the shared task of digging--perfect for fans of Someday.

A dad wants to dig a hole with his curious little son. They end up digging much more than one. They dig big holes. Little holes. Round holes. Wonky holes. Doesn't matter if it's sunny or raining or snowing. They don't always know why they're digging or what they're digging toward. But none of that matters as long as they are doing it together--unearthing, discovering.

As the boy grows older, bigger, and stronger, he's able to dig more--and the dad less--but they continue, on and on, until the father needs to rest. His son at last asks why they've been digging, and the dad leads him up, up, up and shows him they have made a mountain--full of experiences and memories and struggles and joy--that could only exist because they did it together.

About the Author

Jason Reynolds is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, a Newbery Award Honoree, a Printz Award Honoree, a two-time National Book Award finalist, a 2024 MacArthur Fellow, a Kirkus Award winner, a UK Carnegie Medal winner, a two-time Walter Dean Myers Award winner, an NAACP Image Award Winner, an Odyssey Award Winner and two-time honoree, and the recipient of multiple Coretta Scott King honors and the Margaret A. Edwards Award. He was also the 2020-2022 National Ambassador for Young People's Literature. His many books include All American Boys (cowritten with Brendan Kiely); When I Was the Greatest; The Boy in the Black Suit; Stamped; As Brave as You; For Every One; the Track series (Ghost, Patina, Sunny, and Lu); Look Both Ways; Stuntboy, in the Meantime; Ain't Burned All the Bright (recipient of the Caldecott Honor) and My Name Is Jason. Mine Too. (both cowritten with Jason Griffin); Twenty-Four Seconds from Now...; and Long Way Down, which received a Newbery Honor, a Printz Honor, and a Coretta Scott King Honor. His debut picture book, There Was a Party for Langston, won a Caldecott Honor and a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor. He lives in Washington, DC. You can find his ramblings at JasonWritesBooks.com.

Taeeun Yoo has twice received the prestigious New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Book Award. She has illustrated many books, including Strictly No Elephants and The Trouble with Giraffes, both by Lisa Mantchev, which have been published in nineteen countries. She is also the illustrator of Kitten and the Night Watchman by John Sullivan, which was named a best book of the year by many publications. Her other books include So Many Days and Only a Witch Can Fly, both by Alison McGhee; Round by Joyce Sidman; and Dig by Jason Reynolds. Taeeun was also the recipient of the Ezra Jack Keats Award and the Society of Illustrators' Founders Award. She lives in South Korea with her family.