bookworm

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"Bookworm" is a cute thing to call a voracious reader, but actual bookworms -- as well as microorganisms and time -- break down the flour pastes commonly used to keep old publications in one piece.

From Science Daily • Apr. 25, 2024

Map My Environment also launched a school Bookworm Initiative, where students collect earthworms and soil for lead-contamination analysis, receiving a book voucher in return.

From Salon • Mar. 23, 2023

Bookworm: How one of L.A.’s last independent bookstores, Skylight Books, is trying to survive.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 1, 2016

A shy person who doesn’t appear to seek the limelight, Ms. Sheng nonetheless appeared recently at the Beijing Bookworm International Literary Festival.

From New York Times • Apr. 13, 2011

“I went by the Bookworm this afternoon. Stood around awhile, but nobody even picked it up.”

From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett