"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. Wormy apples really do rot.-Mary Jean Smith, formerly at Southside Elementary School, Lebanon, TNα(c) Copyright 2011.
Youngsters may fondly recall Eric Carle's Very Hungry Caterpillar, eating through one red apple, but the idea of a friend eating a hole in another friend's head is disturbing. Unusual friendships between a worm and another creature are better depicted in Doreen Cronin's Diary of a Worm (HarperCollins, 2003). Despite its attractive artwork and clever puns, it is more than a tad unsettling to see the worm eating through the apple's skin. The cheery, cartoon illustrations are done in oils on canvas. What People are Saying About This From the Publisher Praise for Bad Apple 'Charming. In a final nocturnal scene, as a smiling Mac floats in the watering hole, Will reads aloud by the light of two fireflies. The New York Times Product Details About the Author What People Are Saying Product Details About the Author Edward Hemingway (lives in Brooklyn, New York. "A variety of insects witnesses their reunion, as does a kind yellow apple. He searches everywhere for his friend, realizing that "he'd rather be a Bad Apple with Will than a sad apple without him. Going back to his old life, Mac realizes there's a hole in him that he cannot fill. When the name-calling continues, Will disappears, leaving only a message scratched in the dirt. They have great fun together and enjoy a variety of activities-until the other apples call Mac names and say he has worms. After he is caught napping in the rain, a little green worm emerges from his left temple, and the two hit it off immediately. K-Gr 2-Mac is a shiny red apple with small, sticklike arms and legs.
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