Author: Bernard Friot; translation: Yvette Ghione
Illustrator: Aurélie Guillerey
Publisher: Kids can Press, 2015; Originally published under Asticots, by Éditions Milan, 2010.
Age: 4-7
Themes: worms, manners, humorous stories
Opening: I was bored. SO bored! My father had invited the senior executives form the factory to dinner and made me join them.
Summary: (from the publisher) A hilarious picture book tale of a small boy’s mischief, with a sly take on what it wreaks in the world of the grown-ups.
Why I like this book: This hilarious depiction of a small narrative ‘incident’ is a perfect example of what an illustrator can do to amplify the story through deceptively simple gestures and details. Bravo! I’m sure the kids will laugh out loud with this one, but it may make a few more suspicious of their dinner salads!
Resources/Activities: This book provides an interesting opportunity to discuss past and present practices of work associates and families: why would a boss invite his workers home for a dinner? Have workers invited their bosses? For what purpose? Together read, How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell.
For more Perfect Picture Book picks with teacher/parent resources, check out the list on Susanna Hill’s blog HERE.
You always review such fun books! The minute I saw the illustrations, I was hooked. I hope my library has a copy.
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Great cover too!
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Don’t know if I can find it, but sounds great. Thanks.
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Good luck!
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What a prankster! The thought of a worm in my salad…well I can’t say. I love the black and white photos at the dinner as it shows how prim and proper everyone is. A boy’s gotta do what he’s gotta do to lighten things up. Great pick! Kids will love this story.
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I suppose one should take some consideration into what might be instigated before reading too!
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Yay! My local library has a copy of WORMS. Can’t wait to get my hands on it!
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I laughed aloud as I read this; my husband texted photos of the fried silk worms he recently was offered in Asia, but politely declined. Not sure if it was in Hong Kong, Korea or Japan. Hope to find and share this with him.
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Ewwww…. now I gotta find this so I can read if they did actually eat the worms. I’m going to Korea next month – I won’t be eating anything! 😉
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