Bliss uses watercolor and ink illustrations to bring Worm, his family and friends to life while not overly anthropomorphizing them, he does infuse them with personality. The artwork adds to the appeal of the book. The story includes facts about earthworm behavior that gives young audiences a fun lesson in science: earthworms dig tunnels that help the earth breathe worms cannot walk upside down, and worms have no teeth being just a few fun factoids to take away. His observations are often very funny, as when he talks about spending the day above ground with his family after a rainstorm, and then notes, “Hopscotch is a very dangerous game”, with illustrations from a worm’s point of view. A young worm journals his daily life, writing about his friends, his family, and the pluses and minuses of being a worm.
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