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It's tough out there for outcasts to make a connection. For a lonely duck and sheep, it seems nearly impossible. So, without a friend to be had, they do the only thing available to them... eat worms. But maybe, just maybe, they might be able to...
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Description
It's tough out there for outcasts to make a connection. For a lonely duck and sheep, it seems nearly impossible. So, without a friend to be had, they do the only thing available to them... eat worms. But maybe, just maybe, they might be able to find someone with whom they have something in common.
In a hilarious remix of the song Nobody Likes Me (I Guess I'll Go Eat Worms), Linda Liu breathes new life into the importance of friendship that will have young readers belly laughing and cheering for another read.
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781250359506
Publisher: Castle Point Books
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 26 October 2026
Country: United States
Imprint: Castle Point Books
Illustration: Full-color illustrations throughout
Contributors:
- Illustrated by Linda Liu
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Width: 203.0mm
Height: 254.0mm
Weight: 0g
Pages: 40
About the Author
Linda Liu is an illustrator and a designer based in Southern California with a taste for tactile textures, saucy shapes, and palatable palettes. She graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design and now works freelance and full-time so she can be a girl boss and a girl employee at the same time. She is the author and illustrator of Hidden Gem, Sour Apple, and Falling Star. lindersliu.com
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