Worms are our friends contains a 'jolly' (mostly successful) rhyming text and delightful, flower-filled illustrations. The final lines of the book echo the opening words and round the text off in a satisfying way.
Down in the garden
just under the ground
a small wriggly worm
is crawling around.
The small wriggly worm
eats old garden waste.
It chomps on dead leaves
it just loves the taste!
Worms are our Friends is a CBCA 2025 Notable in the Early Childhood category which is for readers aged 0-6. This is most certainly a preschool book and so it fits right into that category but it could also have been listed in the Eve Pownall Non-Fiction section too. The library where I borrowed this book have shelved it in non-fiction. I agree with this decision because the final page is a summary worm facts. So, if you go into a library take a look at [592.3] this is where you will find other books about worms. I often talk about mini themes and worms would be such a fun topic for your preschool group.
My friend from Kinderbookswitheverything has several blog posts about worms: 15th October Worm Day; 21st October World Earthworm Day and here is her Pinterest collection with books about worms.
With a group of older students I would also look at this utterly exquisite book:
Worms are our Friends is the companion volume to:
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