Marty McGuire Digs Worms!

06/13/2024

Marty McGuire is an uncontrollable third-grader! Her class has been given a special assignment by an environmentalist - "Save the Earth!" As always, the best project is going to get a special award.

Title: Marty McGuire Digs Worms! (Marty McGuire series book 2)

Author: Kate Messner

Illustration: Brian Floca

Publisher: Scholastic Press 

Marty and her best friend Annie are planning to make a worm-powered composting project that is going to help with the problem of wasted cafeteria food. A few other kids build a giant Earth-Woman with recycled materials and another group makes a recycling-reminder with petunias. But, Marty is determined to win. However, the worms she has in her composting project are slow and are not able to keep up with the huge amount of waste generated from the cafeteria, and she is getting worried and sad!

Read on to see if Marty wins the challenge or not..!

📚 Awesome book for growing kids to understand the impact of our activities on the environment and the Earth

📚 Good balance of written text and illustrations to keep the reader going.

📚 Perfect for elementary kids, can be a read-aloud for little ones.

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An uplifting story of a pessimistic selfish hare who doesn't like to share and work in a community. A very significant yet simple story in today's narrow-minded world!