Author 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 4-8.
《蚯蚓的日记》是一本极为有趣的图画书，它以日记的书写方式，记录和表述了小蚯蚓对自己、家庭、朋友，甚至地球的点点滴滴观察和感受，以及对自我、未来的想法，很能得到孩子的认同。《蚯蚓的日记》情节幽默，人物造型可爱滑稽，一些搞怪逗笑的细节令人拍案叫绝。不仅帮助孩子培养乐观向上的态度、多元思考的习惯，还传达了有关不同生物和地球的相关知识。
By Doreen Cronin, Illustrated by Harry Bliss, Hardcover, Simplified Chinese Characters or Traditional Chinese Characters, 34-40 pages, 10.25"x7.75"
