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Summary: If you're a fan of Far Side cartoons you can't go past this
Review: A classic Larson tale from the Far Side world where animals have human traits. There' a Hair in my Dirt may be written in children's story book style but it's definitely not just for kids. No matter how old you are, you'll love this.
A worm is fed up with being a worm and complains to his parents at the dinner table. His father then tells a tale of life in the forrest following a young maiden named Harriet who loves the magic of nature.
Of course nothing is as it first seems in the Larson world and like many of his Far Side human characters Harriet isn't the brightest and doesn't understand the consequences of her actions. That's all I'll say about the story, telling more would give it away.
Excellent Far Side style illustrations throughout make this a sensational book. Look closely at each page and discover Far Side type activities amongst the animals. Some situations have not seen before in his Far Side cartoons. There's a fawn scaring its friend by wearing a hunter's mask, a bird cooking eggs on the stove disgusting his wife and a hawk carrying off a poodle. If you're a fan of Far Side cartoons you can't go past owning this book.
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Summary: Goofy
Review: When the worm family (Father Worm, Mother Worm, and Junior Worm) sits down to dinner, Junior makes a horrible discovery: there's a long golden hair in his dirt. This is the last straw, if it's not birds trying to eat them or fishermen trying to put them on hooks, it's dirt for three meals a day, and now THIS! Puffing thoughtfully on his pipe, Father begins to unravel a story to Junior, a story about a beautiful (if rather stupid) young maiden named Harriet, and her adventures in the forest. There's a lesson for Junior, a lesson that makes him glad that he's a worm.Gary Larson is a well-known artist, famous for his Far Side cartoons, and who but him could make a wonderful, uplifting story about worms? OK, it's pretty kooky. Make sure you study each picture, because Gary slipped something extra into most of them. This is a goofy story, one that will please anyone with an offbeat sense of humor. I highly recommend it, it's great!
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Summary: Enjoyable but not for small children
Review: I really enjoyed this book, however, I don't think it is appropriate for small children. I thought the title sounded funny, but the subject matter was just way over my kids' heads. Great book for an older kid, though. Maybe ages 12 - 15.
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Summary: Hilarious look at the world around us.
Review: I was surprised at how I enjoyed this book. I wasn't sure what to expect from a book by Larson with an actual storyline but found myself laughing with the turn of each page.
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Summary: There's a Hair in My Dirt
Review: THIS is absolutely revolting. IT IS so awful, that it rates 5 stars. AN EXCELLENT PIECE OF GARY LARSON. Just when I was depressed that his yearly calendar was ending, he has found a new outlet to make us laugh!
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Summary: Typical Larson
Review: Gary Larson is a comic writer that has a very wierd sense of humor. The book centers around a young worm who does not like being a worm. His father tells him a story about a human named Harriet who loved nature. But, loving nature is different from understanding nature. What we see as being bad in nature,in reality, serves a good useful purpose and what we see as being good can really be negative. Plus, our ignorance of nature can be harmful, like when Harriet threw a tortoise into the water thinking it was a turtle. The father worm explains to his son that all things in nature has a purpose. The book is funny and witty with Gary Larson's wierd sence of humor. The drawings will be familiar to anyone who has read the Far Side. This book can be a useful tool for teachers to introduce their students to how nature works. This book could be use as part of an introductory lesson for a unit on ecology.
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Summary: trick you kids into learning
Review: Gary Larson expands beyond the single-panel comics of the "Far Side" to a full children's book. But, as you would expect, this book is not really just for kids. Anyone fan of the "Far Side" is sure to get a kick out of this book too. The story starts with father, mother and son earthworm sitting (?) down for a dinner of dirt, when the son complains about life as a worm. Father tells him the rambling story of Harriet, who loves nature even though she misunderstands just about all of it. This somehow leads to the dreaded moral of the story and the truth behind the hair in the dirt. This is a fun, yet educational, book for anyone old enough to have developed a twisted sense of humor.
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Summary: A "Dirty" treat!
Review: Gary Larson is a genuis. He has a wicked, bizarre and incredible sense of humor that is apparent in every page of this delightful book. The pictures are a perfect compliment to the story and full of little gags that make you look over them again and again to make sure you haven't missed anything. Sneaking in educational facts along with the hilarity is just an extra bonus for anyone who buys this book---and you should buy it. I can't believe I didn't get it earlier. If you have children in your life, if you don't---get this book. You are guaranteed your money's worth in laugher and more!
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Summary: Raucous, Enlightening, and of Course Funny
Review: My grandfather once told me that when he was a boy, schools took field trips to the local slaughterhouse. There, the children saw how the food they ate was turned, violently, from a frolicking lamb or cow into tender vittles. Today we've become so separated from our means of survival that most of us can't even fathom the life-and-death struggles that are going on around us every day. With characteristic candor and capability, Gary Larson takes us on his own version of the slaughterhouse fieldtrip, reminding us of the cutthroat, utilitarian, and utterly unromantic reality of survival in this world. All the while, he helps that bitter pill slide down by coating it with a healthy dose of belly laughs-of the kind that used to make us spit up our coffee when we read The Far Side in the morning paper. But humans are not the focus of this long-awaited Larson gem (though the main characters are hilariously anthropomorphized-right down to the father "smoking" a pipe filled with dirt). The food being consumed here is not meat but soil, and the young protagonist, an earthworm with adolescent angst, must come to terms with his own role in nature. With a Zen-like pragmatism and a confidence that comes from his biological background, Larson challenges us to put our species pride aside, and to enjoy this natural world for what it is, not for what we want it to be. My wife is an elementary school teacher, and I discovered this book on one of the science shelves in her classroom, near the rotting pumpkin and the ant farm. It's a great teaching tool for children, but I would recommend it for students of all ages.
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Summary: For Kids of ALL Ages!
Review: You don't have to be a Gary Larson "Far Side" fan to get a big kick out of this funny and educational book. I originally purchased it as a gift for one of my granddaughters, but after reading it I couldn't bear to give it away. So it's become one of the treasured books grandma reads them when they visit. If you're looking for a great gift, this is it. But buy two copies...you'll want one for yourself!
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