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How to Eat Fried Worms
How to Eat Fried Worms
Author: Thomas Rockwell, Emily McCully (Illustrator)
ISBN-13: 9780440421856
ISBN-10: 0440421853
Publication Date: 7/11/2006
Pages: 128
Edition: Reprint
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Rating:
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
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4 stars, based on 25 ratings
Publisher: Yearling
Book Type: Paperback
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11 Book Reviews submitted by our Members...sorted by voted most helpful

candieb avatar reviewed How to Eat Fried Worms on + 239 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
Really cute. I read this to my kids over the period of about a month, a few pages each night. They both thought it was a lot of fun. I remember reading it years ago myself!
Valimichel avatar reviewed How to Eat Fried Worms on + 139 more book reviews
This is the "original" story...NOT the recent movie adaptation version. Very simple sketches and easy text makes this a great story. My 9 year old son had fun comparing and contrasting the two versions, book and movie.
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This is the book the movie was based on. My ten year old read it and liked it very much. He is in third grade. It has pictures from the movie in it.
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This is a classic! Both my sons have read this over the years! Good Fun Reading!
harmony85 avatar reviewed How to Eat Fried Worms on + 982 more book reviews
I love this book! Can Billy eat 15 worms in 15 days to win a bet? Will his friends try to cheat to get out of the bet-and do they succeed? What does the doctor have to say about worm-eating? Fun to read over and over!
reviewed How to Eat Fried Worms on + 8 more book reviews
The BEST!! It's books like this that bring back those childhood memories that help us understand what our kids are going thru right now. Loved it!!!
missgwhiz avatar reviewed How to Eat Fried Worms on + 186 more book reviews
i remember reading this book in my childhood.all of us kids would fight to get to our library to get it!its a good book for a young reader or pre-teen.
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Funny, adventurous, a classic!
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I loved the book. I loved reading it aloud to my son at bedtime.
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How to Eat Fried Worms has happily repulsed children since its original publication in 1973. Billy must eat 15 worms in 15 days--but the reward will be worth it: $50 for a shiny new minibike. Luckily, Billy's friends cook up these fat juicy grubs in a variety of appetizing ways--drenched in ketchup and mustard, fried in butter and cornmeal, and the pièce de résistance, a Whizbang Worm Delight (an ice-cream worm cake). Readers will derive obvious pleasure from reading (and singing) out loud the hilarious rhymes and childish chants concocted from the mind of the book's author, Thomas Rockwell.

"Trout, Salmon, flounder, perch,
I'll ride my minibike into church.
Dace, tuna, haddock, trout,
Wait'll you hear the minister shout."
stormcat avatar reviewed How to Eat Fried Worms on + 17 more book reviews
My children loved this book in the 80's and my grandchildren love it now! Funny and quirky.