Worm Makes a Sandwich - by Brianne Farley (Hardcover)

About the Book

Worm sets out to make a sandwich, but first must compost food scraps into soil to plant a seed in to grow the vegetables to put into the sandwich. Includes backmatter on composting.

Book Synopsis

A sweetly humorous picture book about composting, told from the point of view of a worm.

A New York Public Library Best Book of the Year

Meet Worm. He might be little. He might have no hands. But Worm would love to make a sandwich, just for you!

To get started he'll need just one thing: garbage! Delicious, delectable garbage like apple cores and mushy grapes, broccoli bottoms and carrot tops, sad celery, and drippy cucumbers. Worm and his friends eat the garbage. And then they do what everyone does after they eat garbage. They poop! The poop goes in the compost and the compost goes in your garden, which is where the vegetables for your sandwich come from!

Simple, right? Worm thought you'd agree. He might just need a bit of assistance along the way . . .

This hilarious, engaging picture book is the perfect introduction to the process of composting from start to finish, told from the perspective of one little worm who is very eager to help.

Review Quotes

Praise for Worm Makes a Sandwich

A New York Public Library Best Book of the Year

"With self-deprecating charm, Worm describes the nuts and bolts of composting . . . Farley's humorous illustrations include spot art, underground cutaways filled with comical, garbage-eating critters (who occasionally offer commentary), labels for various items, and magnified images of microbes and soil. A funny and clever process story." --Kirkus Reviews

"This ode to compost is neither preachy nor grody, and Worm is such a charming guide to the growing season that it's easy to forget he didn't actually prepare any sandwiches." --Booklist

"A funny, slyly instructive gardening tale." --Publishers Weekly

About the Author

Brianne Farley is the author of Secret Tree Fort and Ike's Incredible Ink. She illustrated Dozens of Doughnuts by Carrie Finison, the Charlotte the Scientist books by Camille Andros, and Building Books by Megan Wagner Lloyd. Brianne studied creative writing and art at Macalester College, and then received her MFA in illustration from the Savannah College of Art and Design. She lives in Michigan. Learn more at BrianneFarley.com.