After explaining that the term "down the rabbit hole" began with Lewis Carroll's title for chapter one of Alice in Wonderland, Wikipedia goes on to explain this English language trope or idiom: "The term is usually used as a metaphor for distraction. In the 21st century, the term has come to describe a person who gets lost in research or loses track of time while using the internet." It's easy for me to become distracted during the challenge and yesterday's rabbit hole was a treasure trove.
After determining that daughter had the same worm book that Julie of Reading Life mentioned, I decided on a unique twist to Julie's format by looking for worm books I have read in each of her categories.
Children’s Picture Book – How to Say Hello to a Worm: A First Guide to Outside by Kari Percival. See yesterday's post for the connection Julie and I had about this book.
Children’s Chapter Book - How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwall. This category was easy. I read this book in the 90s to my third graders. More than a quarter century later, it's still in print, has a new cover, a DVD, and is part of the Scholastic Gold Line.
Adult Nonfiction - Bubbles, Rainbows, and Worms: Science Experiments for Preschool Children by Sam Ed Brown. I actually owned this book when my children were preschoolers and that was 30+ years ago.
Adult Fiction - Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr. I love this book and was surprised it popped up in my worms search. I scoured the card catalog Contents section several times before finding the worm connection. "Dedicated to 'the librarians then, now, and in the years to come,' Anthony Doerr's Cloud Cuckoo Land is about the power of story and the astonishing survival of the physical book when for thousands of years they were so rare and so feared, dying, as one character says, 'in fires or floods or in the mouths of worms or at the whims of tyrants'."
Audiobook Nonfiction - I came up empty in this category. Will it count if I request the audiobook of How to Eat Fried Worms for the grands?
Come back tomorrow for Part 3 of my wormy rabbit hole!
I love your trip down the rabbit (or worm) hole and the collection of books you found. I once knew a teacher who challenged his students with such a task based on their personal passions, such as make a list of XX books across at least 3 genre that talk about soccer, magic, or ocelots! It was a fun project that resulted in searching the internet and the library!
ReplyDeleteI am so guilty of traveling down those rabbit holes. You did a great job explaining your trip! I often go so far or so deep I forget where I started! Now I'm intrigued by Cloud Cuckoo Land.
ReplyDeleteI love how you connected the idiom to your process and ultimate slice. I loved reading How to Eat Friend Worms to my 4th graders. I have seen Cloud Cuckoo Land, but I hardly read adult books anymore. Fun slice and looking forward to part 3!
ReplyDeleteI am so amused with how you've found books connected to worms throughout all these genres! Instead of "down the rabbit hole", you could perhaps say "through the worm hole"? :-)
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ReplyDeleteI went further into the wormhole with the book yesterday’s slice reminded me of…
The audiobook of Diary of a Worm is narrated by Alexander Gould- voice of Nemo in the original Finding Nemo!
Great post, Ramona. I enjoyed your journey down the rabbit hole. This sounds like a wonderful activity for kids and adults alike. Thanks for sharing.
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