{"product_id":"0060932740","title":"There's a Hair in My Dirt! A Worm's Story","description":"\n\n\u003cp\u003eOnce upon a time in a place far away, lived a man named Gary Larson who used to draw cartoons. It was a cartoon that appeared for many years in daily newspapers and was loved by millions. (And was confusing to millions more.) But one day he stopped.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGary went into hiding. He made a couple short films. He played his guitar. He threw sticks for his dogs. They threw some back.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYet Gary was restless. He couldn't sleep nights. Something haunted him. (Besides Gramps.) Something that would return him to his roots in biology, drawing and dementia—a tale called \u003cb\u003eThere's a Hair in My Dirt! A Worm's Story\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt begins a few inches underground, when a young worm, during a typical family dinner, discovers there's a hair in his plate of dirt. He becomes rather upset, not just about his tainted meal but about his entire miserable, wormy life. This, in turn, spurs his father to tell him a story—a story to inspire the children of invertebrates everywhere.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd so Father Worm describes the saga of a fair young maiden and her adventuresome stroll through her favorite forest, a perambulator's paradise. It is a journey filled with mystery and magic. Or so she thinks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nWhich is all we'll say for now.\u003cbr\u003e\nWhat exactly does the maiden encounter?\u003cbr\u003e\nDoes Son Worm learn a lesson?\u003cbr\u003e\nMore important, does he eat his plate of fresh dirt?\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWell, you'll have to read to find out, but let's just say the answers are right under your feet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWritten and illustrated in a children's storybook style, \u003cb\u003eThere's a Hair in My Dirt! A Worm's Story\u003c\/b\u003e is a twisted take on the difference between our idealized view of Nature and the sometimes cold, hard reality of life for the birds and the bees and the worms (not to mention our own species).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTold with his trademark off-kilter humor, this first original non—\u003cb\u003eFar Side\u003c\/b\u003e book is the unique work of a comic master.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNow Larson can finally sleep at night. Question is, will you?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCategories:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eScience Fiction \u0026amp; Fantasy\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFantasy\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\u003cli class=\"category-tree\"\u003eAction \u0026amp; Adventure\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Used - Good","offer_id":48166126551230,"sku":"0060932740-4","price":3.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0640\/9689\/5166\/files\/91o0aEt1A2L.jpg?v=1784130492","url":"https:\/\/shop.sustainablebooks.com\/products\/0060932740","provider":"Sustainable Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}