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32 pp.
| Putnam |
August, 2012 |
TradeISBN 978-0-399-25191-7$16.99
(4)
K-3
After the other apples tease Mac about his best friend and resident worm, Will, the latter, not wanting to be a burden, flees. (Mac ultimately finds him.) There's not much to the punning ("bad apple"; "bookworm") story, but Mac's despondency without Will is vivid--and funny. One illustration shows heartsick Mac painting a still life full of wormy apples.