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Diary of a Worm (Diary of a...)
This is the diary . . . of a worm. Surprisingly, a worm not that different from you or me: He lives with his parents, plays with his friends, and even goes to school. But unlike you or me, he never has to take a bath, he gets to eat his homework, and because he doesn't have legs, he just can't do the hokey pokey -- no matter how hard he tries. Oh, and his head looks a lot...more
Hardcover, 40 pages
Published
August 14th 2003
by HarperCollins
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Apr 24, 2008
Jennifer
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5 of 5 stars
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preschool-1st grade
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PSC reviews-I reviewed Diary of a Fly
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Tunnel into the hilarious world of a young worm through a series of laugh-out-loud diary entries chronicling his life. Join worm as he goes to school, tries to play the hockey pokey (think about that for a second), and harasses his sister ("no matter how long you look at your face, it will always look like your rear"). Ecological message makes this an easy-pick for Earth Day story times.
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A young worm discovers, day by day, that there are some very good and some not so good things about bein...more
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A young worm discovers, day by day, that there are some very good and some not so good things about bein...more
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Diary of a Worm is just what the title suggests, a diary of a little boy worm. It goes from March 20th to August 1st highlighting the important days and events in this worm's life. Cronin does well with sticking to the point of view of the worm. As a diary would, we don't learn about the thoughts and feelings of other characters, but we do get to know this worm. We get to learn what it likes to do, eat garbage, and what it doesn't like to do, be on the sidewalk during hopscotch.This story is ver...more
1. I would place this picture book under the other category
2. This a story about a worm and his daily entries in his diary. He retells the adventures he encounters with his friends and just being a worm.
3. a: This is a great story that sticks to the theme of the author is trying to get across. She sticks to only telling about the worm and his life and none of the other characters found within the picture book.
b: What is really great about the book is how children reading the book can relate t...more
2. This a story about a worm and his daily entries in his diary. He retells the adventures he encounters with his friends and just being a worm.
3. a: This is a great story that sticks to the theme of the author is trying to get across. She sticks to only telling about the worm and his life and none of the other characters found within the picture book.
b: What is really great about the book is how children reading the book can relate t...more
This is a story about a little worm. He writes in this book as if it is his diary. He writes about his friend, the spider and how different they are. The spider cant dig holes in the ground, and the worm cant climb upside down. This story talks about the daily life of a worm, how he wanted to say hi to the ant's but there was 600 of them, so it took him all day. Or how he gets so hungry that he sometimes eats his homework when his mother forgets to send him to school with garbage. It is a cute w...more
Diary of a Worm is a book for children in preschool through first grade. It is a humorous story in diary form of the everyday life of a worm. The worm’s humanistic qualities are shown as he chronicles the family’s vacation to Compost Island, his first day of school, his report card, information about his family, and his first tunnel, among others. In his diary, the worm also describes information that his mom tells him always to remember, why it is good to be a worm, why it is bad to be a worm,...more
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Everybody's special, and everybody is different. Our hero is a young boy worm who writes a diary of his days-- telling us about the special talents he has, and the family and friends that love him.
Key Issues:
self-image, family, personal abilities and talents
Main Characters:
Worm: a young boy worm, the main focus of this book. Worm is facing the usual challenges of growing up, being a friend and a family member. He wonders about his future, and dreams his dreams like all the rest of us.
Sister: Wor...more
Key Issues:
self-image, family, personal abilities and talents
Main Characters:
Worm: a young boy worm, the main focus of this book. Worm is facing the usual challenges of growing up, being a friend and a family member. He wonders about his future, and dreams his dreams like all the rest of us.
Sister: Wor...more
Oh, the laughter. The boys love worms. They especially love worms that write funny books. I enjoyed reading this because it was witty and surprisingly funny. The illustrations are fantastic. They've looked through the book many times since.
One caution - there is a part where the worm tells his sister her face looks like her rear end, with accompanying dead-on illustration. Being the crass person that I am, I almost lost it, but my 5-year-old said in his most indignant voice, "that's a really mea...more
One caution - there is a part where the worm tells his sister her face looks like her rear end, with accompanying dead-on illustration. Being the crass person that I am, I almost lost it, but my 5-year-old said in his most indignant voice, "that's a really mea...more
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Age 4-7
From Booklist: PreS-Gr. 1. The verbal puns and the wry, colorful cartoons create a funny worm's-eye view of the world in this playful picture book. There's no sustained story here, as there was in Cronin's wonderful Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type (2000), but the hilarious vignettes of the worm-child with his family, friends, and enemies show the absurd in humans as much as in the wriggling creatures in the earth. When the worm forgets his lunch, he eats his homew...more
Age 4-7
From Booklist: PreS-Gr. 1. The verbal puns and the wry, colorful cartoons create a funny worm's-eye view of the world in this playful picture book. There's no sustained story here, as there was in Cronin's wonderful Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type (2000), but the hilarious vignettes of the worm-child with his family, friends, and enemies show the absurd in humans as much as in the wriggling creatures in the earth. When the worm forgets his lunch, he eats his homew...more
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2. Diary of a Worm relates the personal reflections of a young, male earthworm as her makes entries into his diary over the course of six months.
3. a. Theme b. Each page or two of this book represents a diary entry for the young earthworm. His entries address many of the topics that are important to all children like homework, friendship, nightmares and sibling rivalries. c. One series of entries include an exchange between the earthworm and his friend the spider. Worm tr...more
2. Diary of a Worm relates the personal reflections of a young, male earthworm as her makes entries into his diary over the course of six months.
3. a. Theme b. Each page or two of this book represents a diary entry for the young earthworm. His entries address many of the topics that are important to all children like homework, friendship, nightmares and sibling rivalries. c. One series of entries include an exchange between the earthworm and his friend the spider. Worm tr...more
I give this book a five star rating. I found this book to be very interesting and quite unique. The grade level for this book is k-2nd grade. Diary of a worm is a fantasy fiction book written by Deneen Cronin a New york times best selling author and illustrated by Harry Bliss a New York Times best selling illustrator. The story is about a worm who writes out his daily activities as if it was in a diary. One small worm in one big world! This worm lives with his parents, plays with his friends, an...more
Diary of a Worm, written by Doreen Cronin and pictures by Harry Bliss. This is a story about a worm and all his life adventures. The warm records his daily activities in his diary. He discusses important things in his life such as: important things his mom has taught him to remember, teaching spider worm like things, playing hopscotch, school, scaring little kids, good manners, and nightmares. Worm teaches children about real life events that they may and may not relate to. This book might even...more
A young worm writes in his diary everyday, recording the ins and outs of his daily life with his family. The worm's comical entries detail his family life, his troubles with siblings, and the struggles he faces as the youngest worm in the family. The author cleverly shares facts about these creatures in a funny diary format.
Age/Grade Level: K-3
Instructional Ideas:
This book would be an effective tool to teach Idea Development and Voice. Students should know that Doreen Cronin tells real facts abo...more
Age/Grade Level: K-3
Instructional Ideas:
This book would be an effective tool to teach Idea Development and Voice. Students should know that Doreen Cronin tells real facts abo...more
A review of: Diary of a Worm
Publishing Details: Diary of a Worm
Author: Doreen Cronin
Year: 2003
Publishing: HarperCollins
Introduction: In Doreen Cronin’s Diary of a Worm, Worm keeps a journal documenting his adventures. He writes about family, friends likes and dislikes, and just general life as a worm.
Description: Worm enjoys life in the earth with his family and friends. He attends school, does homework, and plays just as a normal kid. He and his best friend, Spider, go on adventures together a...more
Publishing Details: Diary of a Worm
Author: Doreen Cronin
Year: 2003
Publishing: HarperCollins
Introduction: In Doreen Cronin’s Diary of a Worm, Worm keeps a journal documenting his adventures. He writes about family, friends likes and dislikes, and just general life as a worm.
Description: Worm enjoys life in the earth with his family and friends. He attends school, does homework, and plays just as a normal kid. He and his best friend, Spider, go on adventures together a...more
Jun 25, 2011
Jackie Pino
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Worms may live underground, but when it comes down to it, they are just like regular boys and girls. This worm proves this fact in his diary. He tells readers about the everyday life of a young worm: going to school, being best friends with a spider, and watching out for hopscotchers. While some of his diary entries are humorous, others are reminiscent of the issues that arise in young humans’ lives (like having an older sister who thinks she is perfect).
This easy to read picture book would be...more
This easy to read picture book would be...more
This book is adorable. It chronicles the diary of an earth worm as he discusses his everyday life, hobbies, and problems that he must face. Each page has a date and different pictures that tell about what he did on that date. It's interesting how the author talks about daily life from the worms perspective, such as how dangerous the game of hopscotch is and how the spider makes fun of him because the spider thinks that you need legs to be cool, and how to dance "the worm". The author did a great...more
This colorful book shows how a worm can take on the characteristic of a child and shares his everyday experiences with the reader.
The exciting format of a diary takes the reader into the interworking of a works mind. The reader first develops an idea of what it is like to read or write a diary. The worm dates each page just like a diary should be dated. This also shows a concept of time that is so important for students to understand. The diary has voice and this book would be an excellent exam...more
The exciting format of a diary takes the reader into the interworking of a works mind. The reader first develops an idea of what it is like to read or write a diary. The worm dates each page just like a diary should be dated. This also shows a concept of time that is so important for students to understand. The diary has voice and this book would be an excellent exam...more
When thinking about how to talk about what animals on our Earth do for a day or how they live, this would be a good book to talk about it. Even though this is a fiction book about how a worm lives, but it helps them understand what a worm does. This book can help a child to see what a diary entry looks like. It could help the children write their own diary entry and then have an activity where for morning work, they come in and write in their diary. Also, you could talk about how the child also...more
This book is written in a diary format. Worm, the main character is a boy worm who keeps a log of events that occur from March to August. In his diary he writes about his friends, family, things he can do as a worm and things he can’t. It is a great book to use when teaching about different writing formats. I also use the book to show children it is ok to be different than your friends and that everyone has something they can do that others can’t.
I read this book to my own students and they love...more
I read this book to my own students and they love...more
This book was written in an interesting style, the perspective of a worm with a diary format. It is good to introduce some mild facts about worms or the concept of a diary format(date of entry, first person, etc). The illustrations are great, and kids can relate to it because the things that happen to the worm are similar to things kids encounter in their families or school. Great to read as a read aloud, independantly at first grade to second grade as well. I found boys will read this book over...more
Hilarious and adorable! Diary entries by a little boy worm with appearances by his family (I love Grandpa worm!) and his friend the spider. Super funny. I would have loved this as a child since I was always digging in the dirt and playing with worms.
Love the subtle eco-friendly message conveyed that shows how worms are important to the earth and that even the smallest creatures have a role in helping and protecting the planet. :)
We're very small, and sometimes people forget that we're even here...more
Love the subtle eco-friendly message conveyed that shows how worms are important to the earth and that even the smallest creatures have a role in helping and protecting the planet. :)
We're very small, and sometimes people forget that we're even here...more
Oct 19, 2007
Ashley McCubbins
rated it
3 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
anyone who likes picture books and likes to laugh
I learned that some authers are really good writers.
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Mommy's review from 11/21/11 -
I would have sworn we'd read this before but apparently last weeks reading was the first time. Either I'm going crazy is this is so like Diary of a Spider that it's pretty much the same book.
We both felt about the same with this book as with the other. It's funny of course, you can't help but laugh out loud at times. I think we like these better than most of Cronin's other books we've read.
I like the illustrations the best personally and Julia said she likes everyt...more
I would have sworn we'd read this before but apparently last weeks reading was the first time. Either I'm going crazy is this is so like Diary of a Spider that it's pretty much the same book.
We both felt about the same with this book as with the other. It's funny of course, you can't help but laugh out loud at times. I think we like these better than most of Cronin's other books we've read.
I like the illustrations the best personally and Julia said she likes everyt...more
This book is about a little worm and what he does in his day to day life. Each page is titled by a date, followed by some of the activities he does as a worm. You are introduced to the worm's friend, Spider, and get to see some of the fun things they do together. You also get to see what happens when the little worm goes to school, what kind of art crafts he makes with a macaroni noodle, and what he wants to be when he grows up. He ends by saying it's not easy being a worm, and that sometimes th...more
This book is HILARIOUS! I love Cronin's humorous yet informative style when he writes his texts. This would make a great activating strategy for a Science lesson on soil/plants. It's funny how unaware we are to the things animals contribute to in our everyday lives. This book is written in a non-threatening style. It screams "READ ME & LEARN!" We definitely need more books like this for our students. Great read aloud and jam packed with information about our quiet friends of the soil. It als...more
Jan 25, 2012
Jamie
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This book was hilarious. It was so cute and the way it was written was very different than most children's books. It was written with a more stream of consciousness style which is unique for a book for children. The worm had a clear voice and was very distinct. The pictures also played a bug part in the book because sometimes the sentences were short or vague and you had to look at the picture to really get what he meant. The pictures also gave the characters speech bubbles which added to the te...more
This book is about a young worm who describes his daily life by recording it into his diary. He is like any typical boy who decribes school antics, picking on his sister, and other fun related daily life activities.
This book could be used to help teachers model for students how to do daily journal entries. This is ecspecially good for entries students must make after reading a book. The teacher can model for students to write down the most important part to the student or what they liked the be...more
This book could be used to help teachers model for students how to do daily journal entries. This is ecspecially good for entries students must make after reading a book. The teacher can model for students to write down the most important part to the student or what they liked the be...more
A true bookworm! An excellent book to invite children to the world of reading and written self-expression. Through diary entries, a worm humorously tells about his home life, school days, survival, and his friendships. I've read this book many times and heard adults laughing at some point during the worm's daily adventures. The traditional diary is probably losing popularity as we use technology more so children don't always immediately recognize what the worm is doing. Don't miss it, this book...more
Jan 25, 2012
Sarah Brock
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I thought this book would be one that many elementary school students would enjoying reading for fun or having it read to them. I liked how the author took events of a person's life and tweaked it so that it was part of the worm's life. I feel like the part about the worm wanting to be a secret service agent would be relatable for kids because a lot of children have big dreams of what they want to be when they grow up. It ended nicely with a lesson that everything in the world has a purpose, no...more
Diary of a Worm by Doreen Cronin, illustrated by Harry Bliss is a very humorous book about the life of a young worm, presented in diary format. The fantasy of a worm's life being very similar to a child's life will amuse readers, while painlessly teaching them facts about worms. Details such as the fact tht worms don't take baths, can't really do the hokey pokey, and the always popular fact the their heads look a lot like their butts, will have readers laughing.
The text is clever, humorous, and...more
The text is clever, humorous, and...more
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Doreen Cronin was a practicing attorney in Manhattan when her first book Click, Clack Moo: Cows That Type became a publishing success. But her book was not published overnight, in fact, she had written this barnyard tale even before attending law school but only received rejection letters from publishers. Five years after submitting the original manuscript she got a call from a publisher who want...more
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