Jory John is a New York Times bestselling author and two-time E.B. White Read-Aloud Honor recipient. Jory's work includes the award-winning Goodnight Already! series, the bestselling Terrible Two series, the recent picture books Penguin Problems and Quit Calling Me a Monster!, and the national bestseller All my friends are dead, among many other books. He lives and works in Oregon, where he tries to be a very good seed, indeed. Pete Oswald is an LA-based artist, kid lit author/illustrator, and production designer. He is the co-creator of Mingo the Flamingo, published in 2017 by HarperCollins. Pete is also the illustrator of The Bad Seed, by Jory John. When Pete is not working on books he is helping to uplift many of the most successful animated franchises as a character designer, concept artist, and production designer. Pete lives in Santa Monica, California, with his wife and two sons.
“Eggs-quisitely excellent.” — Kirkus Reviews (starred
review)
“ [An] earnest counterpart to John and Oswald’s hilarious The Bad
Seed (2017)” — Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
“Both text and art complement each other perfectly.” — Kirkus
Reviews (starred review)
“John embeds a seed of a great idea—finding a balance between
personal and social responsibility—within a rip-roaring, touching
narrative.” — Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
“Oswald’s digitally composed, bright artwork pops with rib-tickling
close-ups and character-building moments.” — Kirkus
Reviews (starred review)
“[A]nother thought-and laughter-provoking morality tale...” —
Booklist (starred review)
“The art, using watercolor textures and digital paint, is filled
with comic detail...” — Booklist (starred review)
“An enormously entertaining lesson about the perils of
perfectionism.” — Booklist (starred review)
“...an organic and locally sourced tale of the importance of
self-care.” — School Library Journal
“The illustrations are an egg-cellent source of amusement...” —
School Library Journal
“Perfect for storytime and one-on-one sharing, hand this to readers
seeking comic silliness with a deeper message of self-reflection
and kindness.” — School Library Journal
“The team behind The Bad Seed presents another humorous picture
book about staying true to oneself.” — The Horn Book
“[T]he simple lessons in John’s lightand-breezy text may be useful
regarding everyday encounters.” — The Horn Book
“Oswald’s textured watercolor and digital illustrations show a
guileless, bright-eyed, glasses-wearing, oval-shaped character with
a brown speckled shell and spindly little limbs—an egghead
personified, and one for whom readers will cheer.” — The Horn Book
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