Jory John is a #1 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 Food Group
series, including The Bad Seed, The Good Egg, and more; the
national bestseller All My Friends Are Dead; and many more popular
picture books. You can visit him online at joryjohn.com.
Pete Oswald is an artist, picture book creator, and production
designer. Pete is the illustrator of the New York Times bestselling
Food Group series by Jory John and the Cranky series by Phuc Tran
as well as many other picture books. 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 Los Angeles, California, with his wife and
three sons.
“The BEST read-aloud book of the year...Seriously.”
*Mel Schuit, Let’s Talk Picture Books (blog)*
“This is kid-book humor at its best, both warmhearted and
frisky—the kind that leaves adults, too, cracking up and
grateful.”
*New York Times Book Review*
★ “This is a story that opens up dialogue about our reactions to
life experiences, the consequences of our choices, and the chance
to make a change for the better.”
*School Library Journal (starred review)*
★ “This charmingly illustrated book would be a comical read-aloud
and useful for class or family discussions about manners, behavior,
and reputation.”
*School Library Journal (starred review)*
★ “Young readers will find the list of all the seed’s offenses
amusing, and the illustration of the flies and stench surrounding
him (he never washes his hands or feet) is sure to elicit
laughter.”
*School Library Journal (starred review)*
★ “Even the very youngest can follow along as the pictures provide
evidence of the seed’s bad behavior and the reactions of those
around him.”
*School Library Journal (starred review)*
“John gives the seed a sympathetic backstory (packaged as a snack
food, he barely escaped being eaten) that, along with his eventual
determination to change his stripes, should keep readers
engaged.”
*Publishers Weekly*
“Working in digitized watercolors, Oswald makes this antihero’s
angst vivid and touching, and the world the seed moves in—a
metropolis populated by seeds that include peanuts, coconuts, and
corn kernels—adds a playful counterpoint of background detail and
comedy.”
*Publishers Weekly*
“The watercolor illustrations provide plenty of comic effect.”
*Booklist*
“Young readers will enjoy watching the dramatic seed intimidate his
nervous neighbors, and might not even realize they’re learning a
lesson about good behavior in the process.”
*Booklist*
“Oswald’s illustrations of seeds, legumes and nuts match John’s
silly, appealing story.”
*St. Louis Post-Dispatch*
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