You don't need a fancy wedding (though I am sure it is fun). Who cares how you get married, isn't marriage about love, care, and truly going for each other. Really those insects should just have left the worms to themselves. :| They finally do protest, but sorry, that at the end of the book. I just wished the worms would shout something like, screw this, we will marry the way we want to marry.

I was really looking forward to this one, a wedding between worms? Yes, yes please! But instead of a fun wedding all we got were 2 worms who were being pushed left and right by all kinds of insects who apparently thought they were oh so smart. Well, this one sounded cuter, and much more fun, than it actually was. Illustrator Mike Curato, himself a same sex marriage partner (but not an earthworm), uses simple but brightly-colored bugs set on a white backgrounds to convey humor and the good nature of the characters (as well as the somewhat curmudgeonly Cricket). And readers too young for that topic will still enjoy the limbless protagonists and their buggy buddies. The story handles the subject of same sex marriage with sensitivity and a light touch. After all, they love each other, dirt breath and all. The independent-minded worms politely insist they will start their own tradition. Rule-bound Cricket says that's not how it's done. So, each wears elements of both a bride's gown and groom's tuxedo. Given their hermaphroditic nature, either worm can be the bride or groom. When it comes to wedding garb, the worms are especially flexible. A series of wedding traditions are presented and accommodated by the flexible worms.

Cricket offers to officiate, because “That's how it's always been done.” One after another, other helpful bugs suggest nuptial enhancements.

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