Helpful Score: 1
Great fun! It is a unique look at how one life is affected from events around them. It is an environmental lesson from a worm's perspective. Have shared this book with many friends- some who were reluctant to return it.
Children's picture book style story for grown-ups. Written and illustrated by Gary Larson.
Thomas F. (hardtack) -
Every office at my entomology department had a small bulletin board just outside the door. This was so faculty could post class announcements and scientific papers. I decided to devote my bulletin board to arthropod cartoons. Most of the time when I left my office there would be one or more people---faculty, staff, students, visitors---looking at the board. And I often posted new cartoons and pulled off older ones. A great many of these cartoons were by Gary Larson, a person who understood the humorous side of arthropods.
So, like many reviewers on Amazon, I was somewhat disappointed with this book by Larson. It just didn't seem to have the same quirky humor of his cartoons. And I agree with many of those reviewers that the book is inappropriate to young children, especially the 2-page spread at the end.
So, like many reviewers on Amazon, I was somewhat disappointed with this book by Larson. It just didn't seem to have the same quirky humor of his cartoons. And I agree with many of those reviewers that the book is inappropriate to young children, especially the 2-page spread at the end.
I picked up this book in a children's section, because I saw the author is Gary Larson. I had great expectations for it.
As I read through it, I chuckled. I snorted. I laughed. The Ending! beyond what I expected from Mr. Larson!
This is NOT a book for the younger generation to teach them about worms and nature, but teens and older may appreciate it for what it is. A good lesson on human's perception of nature and it's creatures, and reality.
Well, Gary's interpretation of reality.
As I read through it, I chuckled. I snorted. I laughed. The Ending! beyond what I expected from Mr. Larson!
This is NOT a book for the younger generation to teach them about worms and nature, but teens and older may appreciate it for what it is. A good lesson on human's perception of nature and it's creatures, and reality.
Well, Gary's interpretation of reality.
