I thought this was brilliant. There is also some great worm factoids along the way. The whole thing just made me smile and laugh ("Worms can't walk upside down."). ( )

diary, pb, letters humor

PreSchool-Grade 3-A baseball-capped crawler gives readers an episodic glimpse into the vicissitudes of his life in these hilarious diary entries. Difficulties such as having no arms, having a head that looks a lot like your rear end, and facing the dangers imposed by people digging for bait are balanced by a loving family and good friends. The young protagonist describes playing with his friend Spider, engaging in a variety of activities at school, and interacting with his parents and sister. Packed into these droll slice-of-worm-life vignettes are a few facts about earthworms and their behavior, all rendered with a dry sense of humor. The full-color watercolor-and-ink illustrations sprawl across the pages in lush earth tones. Bliss's cartoons give the worms lots of personality without overly anthropomorphizing them. The use of multiple perspectives will have children eagerly looking at the pictures to identify objects and locales. Primary-grade youngsters will especially appreciate the classroom scenes. This quirky worm's-eye view of the world makes these ubiquitous invertebrates a little more understandable and a lot more fun.

A laugh out loud book! This book follows the life of a worm- yes, a worm. Ever wonder what a worm'sperpsective of the world would be? This is a must read and the illustrations are hilarious. The view of hopscotch and waht you do when fishing starts if your a worm are funny. Just daily trials and tribulations. Thinking about worms doing the Hokey Pokey still makes me giggle.

I saw this book and I had to read it because I remember reading it as a kid. This would be a cute book to read for science class in talking about the earth and soil and things like that. It is a reminder of a little of what they do but also funny because of all the things they worm does in the story like try to be a spider. It's a cute little book about the life of a worm from a kid worm perspective.

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