The Good Egg: An Easter And Springtime Book For Kids (The Food Group)
A #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. He’s a verrrrrry good egg indeed.
But trying to be so good is hard when everyone else is plain ol’ rotten.
As the other eggs in the dozen behave badly, the good egg starts to crack from all the pressure of feeling like he has to be perfect.
So, he decides enough is enough! It’s time for him to make a change…
Dynamic duo Jory John and Pete Oswald hatch a funny and charming story that reminds us of the importance of balance, self-care, and accepting those we love (even if they are sometimes a bit rotten).
Perfect for reading aloud and shared story time!
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Community Reviews
3,5 stars
It's an engaging story. Not a whole lot but enough to make you want to know where it goes as there are several mystery elements to it. It's a cute story without too much focus on story or conflict but rather on inner growth. It's also a nice moral tale about accepting that some people may not be good eggs.
On the other hand I do agree with other reviewers that the moral point is not ideal. The good egg is good and the bad eggs nearly make it die/break. So why are they forgiven without any extra lessons to be learned from it? They seemingly become a bit better on one page as they miss the good egg but then not really. Instead the good egg becomes a bit extra bad to fit in.
Also, the story being about inner growth makes it a less than ideal one. It could have been more exciting and engaging by creating some big plan and story conflict that needed to be solved on the page. Instead the egg just relaxes and gets better with time. Bit boring. But the illustrations make up for it by being great.
Really stellar book. But misses that last final story focus to make it a great story.
It's an engaging story. Not a whole lot but enough to make you want to know where it goes as there are several mystery elements to it. It's a cute story without too much focus on story or conflict but rather on inner growth. It's also a nice moral tale about accepting that some people may not be good eggs.
On the other hand I do agree with other reviewers that the moral point is not ideal. The good egg is good and the bad eggs nearly make it die/break. So why are they forgiven without any extra lessons to be learned from it? They seemingly become a bit better on one page as they miss the good egg but then not really. Instead the good egg becomes a bit extra bad to fit in.
Also, the story being about inner growth makes it a less than ideal one. It could have been more exciting and engaging by creating some big plan and story conflict that needed to be solved on the page. Instead the egg just relaxes and gets better with time. Bit boring. But the illustrations make up for it by being great.
Really stellar book. But misses that last final story focus to make it a great story.
This shows that going through difficult experiences can change you as an individual. The egg wasn't taking care of himself and others began belittling him too. He took a step back, took care of himself, and eventually gained some insight on people.
He chose to love himself. To show some of that to others, nobody is perfect but we aren't either. Live in love and love will find you, even if it only comes from you for a while.
He chose to love himself. To show some of that to others, nobody is perfect but we aren't either. Live in love and love will find you, even if it only comes from you for a while.
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