Thomas Rockwell
Autor(a) de How to Eat Fried Worms
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Conhecimento Comum
- Nome canónico
- Rockwell, Thomas
- Data de nascimento
- 1933-03-13
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- New Rochelle, New York, USA
- Locais de residência
- Poughkeepsie, New York, USA
Arlington, Vermont, USA - Relações
- Rockwell, Norman (father)
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 17
- Membros
- 5,322
- Popularidade
- #4,677
- Avaliação
- 3.6
- Críticas
- 85
- ISBN
- 104
- Línguas
- 3
- Marcado como favorito
- 1
This is almost a classic of children’s literature, having first been published in 1973. Billy and Alan make a bet: if Billy can eat fifteen worms in fifteen days, Alan will pay him $50.00. That’s motivation enough for Billy to get over his initial disgust. Of course, coating the worms in cornmeal, frying them in butter and covering them in various condiments helps him get them down.
I’m sure it appeals to the target audience of 8-to-11-year-old boys. I found it repetitive and ridiculous, but I am far from the target audience.
Apparently there is also a film of this book. The book includes some “recipes” (none of which use actual worms).… (mais)