Beautiful illustrations made with paper quilling take readers through a garden tour as a worm tries to discover what it can do. But as it meets one talented creature after another, it begins to think maybe the humans who said, "It's as worm" were right. After all, a worm can't spin a web or pollinate flowers or metamorphose into a butterfly. Will the worm be able to see how much it contributes to the garden? Even its castings, "Okay, fine. Poop." are useful to the plants.
Children will have fun identifying each of the insects and other graden denizens - ladybugs, butterflies, bees, snails, etc. They will laugh as the worm tries to fly, or sympathize as a teary-eyed worm creeps away from the failed attempt. Ferns, purple coneflowers, caladium, even the snail shells are full of delightful details. Back matter gives helpful directions on how to create your own quilled butterfly. Other ideas can be explored on the author's website (www.marieboyd.com).
This is a story to share with someone who is having a hard time finding their niche, or feeling left out as friends or siblings demonstrate skills that the reader hasn't mastered yet. It would also be a wonderful book to use when exploring all the beneficial bugs in a garden, or to talk about the variety of ways that books may be illustrated.
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