I received The Bad Seed for this review/feature. Opinions expressed are my own.
We have all heard of someone that is “a bad seed.” In The Bad Seed we find a seed that is indeed bad. He lies and even cuts in line. He was not always a bad seed though…
This is a book about a bad seed. A baaaaaaaaaad seed. How bad? Do you really want to know?
He has a bad temper, bad manners, and a bad attitude. He’s been bad since he can remember! This seed cuts in line every time, stares at everybody and never listens. But what happens when one mischievous little seed changes his mind about himself, and decides that he wants to behappy
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 in Oregon.
Pete Oswald is a painter, illustrator, and filmmaker. He is the illustrator of the first three books in the Did You Know? series. Pete worked as a character designer and concept artist on the popular films Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, and Hotel Transylvania. His short film The Story of Walls earned him an Annie Award nomination. He was the production designer of The Angry Birds Movie. Pete lives in Santa Monica, California, with his wife and two sons.
A cute book that proves to kids everywhere that everyone can create a positive change within themselves no matter how “bad” others may think they are. You can see him being “bad” in the illustrations and kids can see how it affects the seeds around him. Kids might even get a chuckle out of how forward he is about his badness. We do get to see a turn around in himself which would make this an especially great book for class reading and discussion.
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