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Media: watercolor and pen
Genre: fantasy fiction w/ informational flair
Age Appropriateness: Primary and Secondary (

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Eowyn_33 | Nov 15, 2009 |

The book was a about a day in the life of a worm. He writes his adventures down in a diary style. This would be good for teaching children along with history maybe in conjunction with diaries from the past. The book is definitely written for a young audience. Doreen Cronin's website is http://www.doreencronin.com/doreen.ht...

sbbunn | Nov 14, 2009 |

The book Diary of a Worm by Doreen Cronin is a fantastic children's book about a little worm and his journey in life. In these journal entries, you find out little facts about worms that you might not know like : worms have no teeth. These little facts are hidden throughout the story. It makes you feel like you are living in a worm's life right along with them. I would recommend this book for teachers and parents of 1st and 2nd graders.

arlanahaines | Nov 1, 2009 |

Diary of a Worm is just that, a diary that is written by a worm on a daily basis. The worm writes in his diary and describes his daily events and also expresses his emotions whether it be happy or sad. The little worm also makes note to what it is like to be forgotten by the world and explains that even though the people may forget about the worms the earth will never forget.

I thought this was a really cute book. I liked the pictures a lot. The pictures had a cute point of view. It showed the worms living their underground life and also showed the humans above ground living their life.

I would use this book as an example of how to write in a diary and have my students begin to write in their own journal. I would also use this book as an introduction to writing.

lynny_nicole | Oct 26, 2009 |

This is a diary of a small worm, which is a great way to engage children to think in other perspectives. It talks about the good and bad advantages of being a worm. It's a good book to introduce journal writing.

***** http://www.doreencronin.com/doreen.ht... --- This is an excellent resource for this book because it includes information on book, author, discussion questions, and multiple ideas and activities for class.

Fry Graph Reading Level: 2 (

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South Carolina Children's Book Award Nominee (2005-2006)

Book Sense Book of the Year (2004.2|Children's Illustrated Honor Book, 2004)

Young Hoosier Book Award Nominee (2006-2007.1|Picture Book, 2006-2007)

School Library Journal Best Book of the Year (2003)

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This book provides a nice balance with touches of science here and there; the worm protagonist (clearly in elementary school) mentions a couple of times that he and his family enrich the soil with their castings and that the worms and the Earth depend on each other. Funny for younger elementary-age kids, who will appreciate the physical humor and big-sister jokes. Diary format makes this work impractical for a readaloud -- but the scrapbook-photo-style illustrations on the final pages are a very nice touch.

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Doreen Cronin (Click, Clack Moo: Cows That Type) and cartoonist Harry Bliss (illustrator of A Fine, Fine School) shed a whole new light on a creature that spends most of its time underground: the earthworm. Written in diary form, this truly hilarious picture book tracks the ins and outs of a worm's life from the perspective of the worm family's young son. Take June 15's entry: "My older sister thinks she's so pretty. I told her that no matter how much time she spends looking in the mirror, her face will always look just like her rear end. Spider thought that was really funny. Mom did not." Except for the fact that he can't chew gum or have a dog, the boy likes being a worm. He never has to go to the dentist ("No cavities--no teeth, either"), he never gets in trouble for tracking mud through the house, and he never has to take a bath. As long as he can remember Mom's rule "Never bother Daddy when he's eating the newspaper," all is well. Bliss's endearing cartoonish illustrations of anthropomorphized worms are clever visual punchlines for Cronin's delightfully deadpan humor. For example, "June 5: Today we made macaroni necklaces in art class" sounds normal enough until you see the worms wearing one piece of macaroni around their necks, taking up a good part of each worm's body. Children and adults alike will adore this worm's eye perspective on the world. (Ages 6 and older) --Karin Snelson

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