It’s an incredibly big world out there – and what’s a worm to do!

The story of one young worm – and his daily chronicles  - was the topic of the day Tuesday morning for the youngsters at Story Hour at Dexter’s Keller Public Library. Hosted this week by Tracy Horton and Christy Dorton, the children heard all about the life of a worm through the children’s book, “Diary of a Worm.”

The book, by Doreen Cronin and Harry Bliss, centers on the worm and his daily life. He lives with his parents and plays and goes to school. But as the youngsters learned, he doesn’t have to take a bath, he eats his homework, and he can’t dance and do the hokey pokey.

The youngsters sat on the colorful carpet in the Community Room at the library – with just a little wiggling – as Dorton read the delightful book. The worm has one misadventure after another and he learns the hard way that a sidewalk is not the place for a worm during a game of hopscotch.

Following story time, Dorton and Horton helped the children with a couple of craft projects to take home. And of course everyone had a few gummy worms for a snack!

Story Hour is a program of the Keller Public Library in Dexter and is free. Story Hour is held each Tuesday morning at 10:15 a.m. through the end of May.