Ear Worm!
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- $12.99
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
A musical treat for the ear and eye, this antic tale of a worm on a mission doubles as a cozy bedtime book. One summer day, as Little Worm heads out to play, he discovers he has a song stuck in his head. ìWhatís that youíre singing?î Owl asks, but Little Worm canít say. He wriggles past, determined to learn who filled his head with ìShimmy shimmy, no-sashay.î Owl flaps along with a song of his own, and before long Chipmunk, Bunny, and Fox fall in line, each contributing an ear worm to the joyful cacophony. Amid all the singing and dancing, Little Worm forgets his musical mystery until later whenósurprise!óPapa Worm tucks him in. Hip, vintage-inspired illustrations and whimsical typesetting meet movement, sound play, and comic, cumulative delights in a picture book that will charm media-savvy children and their parents alike.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
When Little Worm finds a song stuck in his head—the words "shimmy shimmy, no-sashay" slither in the air above his pink, plump body—handsomely feathered Owl informs him that the name for this phenomenon is an "ear worm." As Little Worm inquires about the tune's source, Owl and the rest of Little Worm's animal friends reveal that they too have insistent, internally playing tunes of their own. Each is rendered in a different mélange of typography: Owl ends his own with an emphatic "Talk to the WING," The Bunny's "Hip-hop, thump, jump" builds vertically, and when Fox sings "Rah-Rah, trot to me!" the words seem to march forth. In her picture book debut, Knowles's (Where the Heart Is) high-spirited, cumulative text bops while Bernstein's (I Am a Cat) marvelously expressive, digitally rendered characters boogie against a minimally detailed background; the abundance of unabashed, openhearted energy may remind readers of their own grooves. After a rambunctious multispecies dance party, Little Worm finally toddles off to nap with the mystery of the ear worm's origin unsolved—until he hears his father singing as he does chores. It's a didn't-see-it-coming dad joke that should prompt a chortle of recognition from kids and grown-ups alike. Ages 2–5. Author's agent: Barry Goldblatt, Barry Goldblatt Literary. Illustrator's agent: Alex Gehringer, the Bright Agency.
