worms

How To Eat

Fried
Worms

An
Imagination Confabulation
for the
Virtual Media Center

Thomas Rockwell's book How To Eat Fried Worms has been a best seller since its publication in 1973, with nearly 3 million copies sold worldwide.

In case you haven't read the book yet, How to Eat Fried Worms tells the story of Billy, an eleven-year-old who challenges the town bully on his first day at a new school. To save face and earn the respect of his new classmates, Billy agrees to a bet that will determine his fate at the school..... whether or not he can eat fifteen worms in fifteen days.

The agreement is that Billy can prepare the worms any way he wishes. His family goes along with this after checking with the doctor. His mother even

cooks one of the worms for him. When it begins to look he will win the bet, the to boys he made the bet with try tricking him into not eating more worms.

As the pressure mounts, he must summon heroic strength to keep his five-year-old brother from blabbing, his weak stomach from betraying him, and his big mouth from getting him into more trouble than he’s already in.

Now you know what the book is about, even if you haven't read it yet. How about you? I bet you could eat 15 worms too if you knew more about them. Maybe they aren't as slimy and icky as they look. Click on the ketchup bottle to examine a few worms and complete this Imagination Confabulation.