Carl and the Meaning of Life

Carl is happy making the soil fluffy until one day a mouse asks him why he does that. He doesn’t know why, so he takes a moment and begins to ask people why he does this, who he is. It’s a great book to learn about Who, what, where, when and why. Each animal doesn’t know, but they do their own thing......more

An earthworm named Carl is trying to discover why he does what he does. Every day it's the same thing: burrowing, tunneling, digesting, casting, and changing the soil softer. But WHY? In the end, he discovers that every creature has an important job. If he stops what he's doing, everyone suffers. Th......more

Picture-book creator Deborah Freedman returns to the form in this seventh title that she has written and illustrated, this time exploring the role of earthworms in the larger ecosystem. Carl is constantly tunneling under the ground, digesting and then casting leaves and dirt, creating a rich fluffy......more

All hail the mighty earthworm! This picture book does a pretty good job of summarizing in a fraction of the pages the equally well-done The Earth Moved: On the Remarkable Achievements of Earthworms. Read this then join me in singing "Circle of Life" at the top of your lungs.......more

Every creature has a purpose, and what earthworms do is very important. However, I am not sure that giving an earthworm an existential crisis that causes him to neglect his duties, thus wrecking and then repairing the environment all on his own, is the best way of conveying that message.......more