Diary of a Worm (Diary of a...)

Diary of a Worm (Diary of a...)
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4+
Release Date
August 14, 2003
ISBN
006000150X
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This is the diary . . . of a worm. Surprisingly, a worm not that different from you or me: He lives with his parents, plays with his friends, and even goes to school. But unlike you or me, he never has to take a bath, he gets to eat his homework, and because he doesn't have legs, he just can't do the hokey pokey -- no matter how hard he tries. Oh, and his head looks a lot like his rear end.

Doreen Cronin, the New York Times best-selling author of Click, Clack, Moo and Giggle, Giggle, Quack, teams up with illustrator Harry Bliss for this hysterical journal about the daily doings and the hidden world of a lovable underground dweller.

This is the diary . . . of a worm. Surprisingly, a worm not that different from you or me: He lives with his parents, plays with his friends, and even goes to school. But unlike you or me, he never has to take a bath, he gets to eat his homework, and because he doesn't have legs, he just can't do the hokey pokey -- no matter how hard he tries. Oh, and his head looks a lot like his rear end.

Doreen Cronin, the New York Times best-selling author of Click, Clack, Moo and Giggle, Giggle, Quack, teams up with illustrator Harry Bliss for this hysterical journal about the daily doings and the hidden world of a lovable underground dweller.

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The Upside (and Downside) of Being a Worm
(Updated: June 25, 2026)
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A worm writes in his journal, clueing us all in to his life. We learn some scientific facts (worms care for the earth by digging tunnels)and some silliness ("Hopscotch is a very dangerous game").

We also learn, surprisingly, that worms are a lot like us. They tease their sisters (although most of us don't tell our sister her face looks like her rear end), friendship is important to them, their parents and grandparents give them advice (some wanted and some not so much), and we all have big ambitions (like going undercover as a Secret Service agent). In other ways, we differ: doing the hokey-pokey is simplified when you're a worm, worms sometimes eat their homework, and worms never have to go to the dentist.

This book manages to be hilarious, heartworming (oops, I mean "heartwarming"), and subtly educational, all at once. The illustrations are perfect, including the "photo album" on the endpapers which displays such treasures as "The family vacation--on Compost Island." Highly recommended!
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