Parents' Guide to

Diary of a Worm

By Marigny Dupuy, Common Sense Media Reviewer

age 4+

First-person narrative from a funny boy worm.

Book Doreen Cronin Picture Book 2003
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Based on 3 parent reviews

peblz!!:)
peblz!!:) Adult
October 11, 2011
age 2+

best book

i read this book to my cabin girls as a bedtime story and they loved it!!!! they were laughing the whole time!!! Its not just for litle kids, its for everyone! the 1st time i read this book i was 17 and the girls were 11-12 so its for every age!!!! this book is amazing and very funny i totaly recomend it!!!! its deffinetly a MUST READ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Great role models
sb34chick
sb34chick Adult
November 21, 2009
age 4+

Very Educational, Humorous Read!

Narrated by a worm, this animated diary will set the readers rolling. Our main character, our worm, goes through life telling stories of the humorous, high and low points of being a worm. This story gives children a new respect for worms as they imaginatively put themselves in a worm's life. Written by the same wacky author of Click-clack-moo, Cows That Type.

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Educational value
Great messages
Great role models
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What's the Story?

Written as a selection of pages from a worm's diary dating from March 20 to August 1st, the first person narrative gives the reader an idea of the daily life of a funny, intelligent boy worm. He shares his family's pride about the important role that worms play in caring for the earth and loves his life, although he can see that there are plusses and minuses to being a worm.

Some of his amusing adventures include trying to teach a spider friend to dig (all of the spider's legs get stuck in the dirt) and then discovering that worms cannot hang upside down like spiders; hiding from shovels during fishing season; having to be vigilant about hopscotch-playing children; forgetting his school lunch and having to write lines (\"I will not eat my homework. I will not eat my homework ...); doing the hokey pokey at the school dance (\"You put your head in. You put your head out. You do the hokey pokey and you turn yourself about ... That's all we could do.\"), and several more.

Is It Any Good?

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Wonderfully illustrated in full-color, cartoon style, this droll story is both smart and funny, and will amuse young children as well as help them see the world from a new perspective. The main character is endearing in his earnest attempt to record his life both above and below ground.

Talk to Your Kids About ...

  • Families can talk about point of view. Think of another animal. How might it be like you? How is it different? Have you ever wished you could be an animal? If so, what kind and why?

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