  | Greedy worm Author: Newman, Jeff | |
| Price: $23.28 | ||
Summary:
One greedy worm has his eye on a very big apple and he doesn't want to share with any of the other hungry bugs. But when a bird starts eyeing the greedy worm, he learns the importance of sharing with friends.
Reviews:
Kirkus Reviews (11/15/22)
Booklist (03/01/23)
Full Text Reviews:
Booklist - 02/01/2023 Returning to the (almost) wordless, minimalist aesthetic of The Boys (2010), Newman offers a morality tale with a happy, if truncated, ending. Feeling a thump, an earthworm pops out of its burrow to discover a huge fallen apple. Yummy visions of apple pie are spoiled by the arrival of several hopeful-looking buggy friends, so worm rapidly gobbles down all but the apple’s jagged core. The sudden arrival of a very large bird leads to a dismaying discovery: the worm is now too fat to zip back underground. The friends unexpectedly return to drive the bird off, and the grateful worm buries the core. Just a page turn later, everyone sits around a picnic table beneath a spreading apple tree. The illustrator kits out his sketchy cartoon creatures (even the bird) with hats and, perhaps as a concession to indicate the passage of time, gives the worm a beard at the end. The narrative consists of just three different words—“Crunch,” “Chomp,” and “Thump!”—but even younger audiences are unlikely to need help following to the sweet and crunchy conclusion. - Copyright 2023 Booklist.
Booklist - 03/01/2023 Returning to the (almost) wordless, minimalist aesthetic of The Boys (2010), Newman offers a morality tale with a happy, if truncated, ending. Feeling a thump, an earthworm pops out of its burrow to discover a huge fallen apple. Yummy visions of apple pie are spoiled by the arrival of several hopeful-looking buggy friends, so worm rapidly gobbles down all but the apple’s jagged core. The sudden arrival of a very large bird leads to a dismaying discovery: the worm is now too fat to zip back underground. The friends unexpectedly return to drive the bird off, and the grateful worm buries the core. Just a page turn later, everyone sits around a picnic table beneath a spreading apple tree. The illustrator kits out his sketchy cartoon creatures (even the bird) with hats and, perhaps as a concession to indicate the passage of time, gives the worm a beard at the end. The narrative consists of just three different words—“Crunch,” “Chomp,” and “Thump!”—but even younger audiences are unlikely to need help following to the sweet and crunchy conclusion. - Copyright 2023 Booklist.
