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Jan. 23rd, 2007 | 08:22 am

HOW TO EAT FRIED WORMS
by Thomas Rockwell
Illustrated by Emily McCully
Dell, 1973

Category: Elementary/Middle-grade fiction

A boy named Billy makes a bet with his friend Alan that he will EAT fifteen worms in fifteen days for fifty bucks. With this hysterical premise, Thomas Rockwell (son of Norman, by the way) creates a story that screams to be read out loud. I love books that bridge the age and gender gaps in our house … girls, boys, kids and adults were giggling, giggling, giggling.

Have any of you seen the new movie adaptation? I’d love to hear what you thought. The kids are keen to see it, but I am not sure. The book is soooooo good.
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Loree Griffin Burns

The movie

from: [info]lgburns
date: Feb. 6th, 2007 06:22 pm (UTC)
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Well, the kids convinced me to rent the movie version of HOW TO EAT FRIED WORMS (visit http://www.walden.com/walden/properties/worms/). And while I am a fan of Walden Media (visit http://www.walden.com/walden/index.php) and the movies they make, this one fell flat for me. In my opinion, the book is much, much better.

That said, my kids loved it!

Loree

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Very useful site with good content, thanks!!!

from: Anonymous
date: Feb. 22nd, 2007 04:38 am (UTC)
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Author, respect 2 you. Bookmark! :)
I'm Peter, new here!
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Loree Griffin Burns

Re: Very useful site with good content, thanks!!!

from: [info]lgburns
date: Feb. 22nd, 2007 01:22 pm (UTC)
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Thanks for stopping by, Peter!

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