Worm is fed up with earth for lunch and wants something more exciting. He tries eating grass, bark and even a leaf on the advice of various animal friends – and almost becomes lunch himself when a hungry bird appears!

• Green/ Band 5 books offer early readers patterned language and varied characters.
• Text type – Playscript.
• Instructions for putting on the play are on pages 22 and 23 to encourage children to discuss the script.
• Curriculum links – Science: Plants and animals in the local environment.
• This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery.