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Marie Boyd

Just a Worm

Just a Worm

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Worm embarks on a journey to prove that he is not just a worm, but a special creature. Through interviews with garden inhabitants, he discovers that everyone has unique qualities and contributions to the garden. The book promotes individuality, interdependence, and collaboration, and is beautifully illustrated with a cut-paper technique called quilling. It is a great read-aloud for family sharing and classrooms, teaching social skills and introducing concepts of nature and the natural world.

Format: Hardback
Length: 32 pages
Publication date: 27 April 2023
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc


Worm, who had been called "just a worm" by two children, embarks on a journey around the garden to prove them wrong. Debut author-illustrator Marie Boyd seamlessly incorporates concepts of nature, natural selection, habitats, and interdependence in this picture book beautifully illustrated with a cut-paper technique called quilling.

Worm, who is not just a worm, no matter what anyone says, sets out across the garden to prove it. Interviewing one garden inhabitant after another, Butterfly seems to have all kinds of important qualities—as do Snail, Dragonfly, Ladybug, and Spider. But what can Worm do? What makes Worm special? Maybe Worm is just a worm after all, and what's so bad about that?

This STEAM-themed picture book explores the many wonderful and unique ways in which Worm and friends contribute to the garden and work together to make it grow.

Just a Worm celebrates everyone's individuality and highlights the importance of interdependence—how it is necessary for a stable, collaborative, and healthy environment. Using the ancient craft of quilling, Marie Boyd meticulously created each illustration out of strips of colored paper that she shaped, layered, and glued to produce a lush three-dimensional world.

Just a Worm is a great read-aloud for family sharing and is a terrific choice for classrooms where the concepts of nature and the natural world are introduced, as well as for teaching social skills such as collaboration and empathy.

Includes a quilling craft for young readers, facts about earthworms, a glossary, and a special message to readers from Worm.

Weight: 386g
Dimension: 254 x 229 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780063212565

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