(All images and reviews uploaded from Red Cedar Book Award site)Have you ever rescued an earthworm from drowning in a puddle or baking on a hot sidewalk? Have you then wondered what it does next? If so, you’ll be fascinated with this book, which even tells you how to set up a worm home so you can have some as short term “pets”.
Or do you find worms yucky, dumb and unimportant? You may feel different after you’ve looked at this book and read about how they rid us of garbage while improving the soil our food comes from. There are experiments you can do yourself with a flashlight, a wooden stick and iron bar or garden fork. You can even watch them work if you follow the directions for creating a worm home. Maybe you’ll be able to “charm” worms out of the ground.
4 comments:
Who knew that earthworms were held in such high regard by Darwin himself? I always new that they were integral to the entire ecosystem, but it was a huge eye-opener to read about how LIFE would cease to exist if earthworms ceased to exist! They're pretty special little things in their ability to make topsoil and allow us to grow all our good food.
I really liked the book.
Now it made me really like worms so much.
I hope other people feel the same way as me.
I hear you... I appreciate them so much more now after reading this book.
They still give me the mild creeps, mind you.
I never knew the brain in a worm is very very small.
But the feeling on having one in your hands it still kind of gives me the creepy feeliny you know.
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