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Friot, Bernard

Worms

32 pp. | Kids Can | September, 2015 | Trade ISBN 978-1-77138-571-8 $15.95

(3) K-3 Illustrated by Aurélie Guillerey. This French import could be called How to Eat Raw Worms. At a dinner party thrown by his factory-owner father, mischievous John-Paul switches the fancy-appetizer shrimps for live worms, then gleefully watches how each guest (Dad's employees) reacts. The humorous text reflects the boy's barely contained giddiness. Subdued illustrations befit the formal affair while revealing the pleased-with-himself troublemaker's handiwork (and his mismatched socks).

Reviewer: Elissa Gershowitz