There's a Hair in My Dirt!: A Worm's Story
Once upon a time, in a place far away, lived a man named Gary Larson who used to draw cartoons. It was a cartoon that appeared for many years in daily newspapers and was loved by millions. (And was confusing to millions more.) But one day he stopped.Gary went into hiding. He made a couple of...
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Once upon a time, in a place far away, lived a man named Gary Larson who used to draw cartoons. It was a cartoon that appeared for many years in daily newspapers and was loved by millions. (And was confusing to millions more.) But one day he stopped.Gary went into hiding. He made a couple of short films. He played his guitar. He threw sticks for his dogs. They threw some back.Yet Gary was restless. He couldn't sleep nights. Something haunted him. (Besides Gramps.) Something that would return him to his roots in biology, drawing and dementia -- a tale called There's a Hair in My Dirt! A Worm's Story.It begins a few inches underground, when a young worm, during a typical family dinner, discovers there's a hair in his plate of dirt. He becomes rather upset, not just about his tainted meal but about his entire miserable, wormy life. This, in turn, spurs his father to tell him a story -- a story to inspire the children of invertebrates everywhere...
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780060191047 (006019104X)
ASIN: 006019104X
Publish date: April 15th 1998
Publisher: Harper
Pages no: 65
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Childrens,
Humor,
Funny,
Comedy,
Juvenile,
Environment,
Nature,
Picture Books,
Sequential Art,
Graphic Novels,
Comics
There's a Hair In My Dirt is a picture book, but I don't think it's aimed at kids much younger than 10 or 11. This book is likely to be best appreciated by teens or adults.This book is informative and *funny!* There is something to laugh at on every page--if the text doesn't get you, the pictures ...
A picture book about Nature told by Father Worm. Larsen's twisted humor (love the Field Guide to Humans) as well as a really good message about nature red in tooth and claw