Bad Seed Jory John Reviews Summary

Illustrations

Pros:

• "The drawings complement the story so well. I love the sense of humor on every page!"
• "The artwork is fun and expressive."
• "Beautiful illustrations and fun to read to my child."
• "The illustrations were beautiful."
• "The illustrations are very colorful and cute."
• "Very cute book and darling illustrations. Shows a person can always change."
• "The illustrations are adorable but the story is not engaging and the resolution was too easy without any real lesson behind it."

Cons:

• "I love this book but it looks like it was used and someone was reading it over breakfast. All the pages at the bottom are sticky and they smell like syrup."
• "The only thing I did like are illustrations."
• "No cons mentioned specifically about illustrations."

Educational Value

Pros:

• "It is a Interesting and quite educational story."
• "This books teaches empathy, changes, overcoming challenges and so much more with beautiful pictures and story to keep young readers engaged."
• "I think it’s very educational book to let kids know maybe you used to do bad things but at least if you try that’s all that matters."
• "Very good book that teaches empathy."
• "This book clearly is an allegory, with the purpose being to teach children the difference between good and bad (the essence of ethics and morality)."
• "Great for teaching kids that it’s ok to have different emotions."
• "This book is a good starting point for conversations with children so they can explore the often confusing and misguided notion of being bad."

Cons:

• "If we are trying to encourage children to act better, we don't need to give them so many examples of continuing to be a 'bad seed'."
• "This book is an very bad model for children to read. I do not recommend this book. No thanks! BYEEEEEEEEE!"
• "I wouldn't think this is a children book.I love that the seed decided that he would not be a victim of his circumstance from his traumatic childhood moment and gave himself grace to stick to the journey of his change the best way he could and people noticed, which is a nice bonus because he was doing it for himself not others."
• "Why are we labeling? Bad enough that we are unconsciously teaching kids to label themselves as 'bad'."
• "This book, in my opinion, is an unhealthy approach to raising children."
• "I find the lesson about the Seed’s trauma, which justifies why he does bad things, is not a great teachable moment."
• "This book is full of negativity. it creates anxiety in kids and the lesson is not very clear for a little child to understand."

Story and Writing

Pros:

• "He was tired of being bad so he decided to be good."
• "My kids absolutely loved this book! We read it over and over again!"
• "John Jory does it again! This is a clever book that highlights that while hard times happen, we have choices."
• "This is a great book to teach little ones that they chose their actions and they can determine their attitude going forward."
• "I liked that the book had the character decide to be good and change from it."
• "The story line is presented in such way so children can understand that behind the tough shell is a scared little seed."
• "Cute way to teach kids about change, struggle, acceptance, and lots of other things!"