Night of the Living Worms: A Speed Bump & Slingshot Misadventure

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Description

The first book in a humorous chapter book series plays off the adage "The early bird gets the worm" and is told from the perspective of Early Bird's jealous brother.

Reviews

An Amazon Editors' Best Book of the Month
A Florida Sunshine State Young Readers' Award Selection

"Dave Coverly is ridiculously funny and clever and creative. I'm jealous of his bird brain." --Stephan Pastis, New York Times-bestselling author of the Timmy Failure series

"Coverly's drawings are full of visual jokes, and the narrative is packed with playful language. . . . Clever, imaginative, and precisely targeted to its audience, this new series is sure to please." --Booklist

"Filled with subtle irony, wordplay, and gentle pokes at life, the text is accompanied by appealingly large, cartoon-style, black-and-white line drawings . . . This story will have students laughing out loud and reluctant readers asking for the sequel." --School Library Journal

"The jokes and birdy banter come fast and furious . . . and should keep readers flying through the pages." --Publishers Weekly

"Both [pictures and text] are liberally festooned with gags, sight gags . . . and puns." --Kirkus Reviews

Author Bio

Dave Coverly is an internationally syndicated cartoonist whose Speed Bump cartoons appear in more than 400 newspapers, including The Washington Post, The Detroit Free Press, and Parade. He is the illustrator of Sue MacDonald Had a Book and The Very Inappropriate Word. The winner of the prestigious Reuben Award for Best Cartoonist, Dave lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan. speedbump.com