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Book SynopsisA #1 New York Times bestseller!
An Amazon Best Books of the Year 2019 selection!
From the bestselling creators of The Bad Seed, a timely story about not having to be Grade A perfect!
Meet the good egg.
Trade Review“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
