The Bad Seed
Written by Jory John
Narrated by Andrew Eiden
4.5/5
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About this audiobook
A New York Times bestseller!
An Amazon Best Children's Book of the Month from the New York Times bestselling author of the Goodnight Already! series
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 be—happy?
With Jory John’s charming and endearing text, here is The Bad Seed: a funny yet touching tale that reminds us of the remarkably transformative power of will, acceptance, and just being you. Perfect for readers young and old, The Bad Seed proves that positive change is possible for each and every one of us.
Jory John
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.
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Reviews for The Bad Seed
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- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5It wasn't terrible, but it wasn't particularly good or entertaining. He was a bad seed who didn't care about being bad, yet suddenly decided for no reason to be good. If he truly didn't care, he wouldn't have changed. Makes no sense.
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- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5The book was too short. It gets you interested and then it's over. It was too good to end so quickly. So I'm disappointed.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Thud! LOL!!! Very inspiring - kinda reminds me of myself, but instead of being #TheBadSeed - I'm #TheSpoiledSeed...
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- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5bruh the seed isnt trying to be bad at all its so disgusting
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- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5It was so boring it is just about a seed who turns good for no reason.
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- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5It would be more fun.not so fun for me.well it was pretty fun for me.
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- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5The book was so booooooooooooooooooring . It's just about a seed who turns good. A toddler could write better
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- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5It has bad words in it. This book is a bad influence for my child
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Is a good book but,i think is littel bt boring...
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5GOOD RIIY GOOD OK ITS GOOD 1 to the 1to the 2 to the 3 moo
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Great book!but kinda short but that was the kinda book I was looking for cool book!
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The only thing I didn’t like is that they kept repeating certain words.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5It was about a bad seed who turned into a good seed
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5I did like it beacause the bad seed is good and bad but the story was too short.But I liked is .Thanks
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I liked how The Bad Seed started trying to be good
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5not bad not bad and not good not good
pretty good - Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5It was fast and easy to get to them
- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5That was the worst book ever! I don't know why he became good
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5In this adorable book, a sunflower seed expounds on how baaaaaad he is. My 4yo adores it. He’s always laughing at it.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This book made me laugh. The art is fantastic, earth tones and calming.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The bad seed turned really bad but when he told all the kids he was really nice.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Hi I love the bad seed keep the bad seed books coming
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5i liked that he learned to be happy i loved that joke and ths athors books
- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5A moralistic tale
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Cute!
Super. It's little story about a sunflower seed. We read it to my niece over Skype and she loves it! - Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This book is about a bad seed. A baaaaaaaaaad seed. He's got a nasty attitude, bad manners, and he does not nice things. How did he get this way? And will he always be baaaaaad?Cute but also a thoughtful exploration of how bad experiences can lead people to act out in unhealthy ways but that recognizing bad behaviours and trying to curb them is possible. I swear the book is way more subtle about that message and is pretty funny and sweet in the process. There's also some great puns hidden in the illustrations that grown-ups reading to littles will appreciate.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A bad seed gleefully tells us how Very Very Bad he is, all the mean things he has done. Then he explains that he wasn't always bad and what changed him, about the loving extended family he once had until the sunflower they called home was harvested and his huge family was scattered to the winds literally. He ended up in a bag of sunflower seeds and only survived when the man spit him out. When he landed on the ground, he decided that he was not going to be a good seed anymore. However, telling his story makes him realize that he doesn't like being bad and decides that if he can choose to be bad he can also choose to be good. And he tries very very hard and mostly succeeds so that when he hears someone say 'actually, he's not that bad anymore', he is very very pleased.Okay, I know this is a children's book but, honestly, I loved it. Like so many people in quarantine right now, I was bored and lonely, missing my family who live away and wanted something to put a smile on my face. I had seen this on plenty of lists so when it came up as a recommendation for me on a bookseller's list - odd it seemed since, despite it being a best seller, I am way outside it's intended audience - I figured the price was right so why not.And I am so glad I did. It is cute and funny and the illustrations by Pete Oswald perfectly complement the story. This is the kind of book that I have no trouble recommending wholeheartedly for children who I'm sure will love and parents who will likely be expected to read it over and over again. Or for people like me way past the recommended age who are just looking for something to smile about. A good reminder in times like these that one should never judge the actions of others because you may not know what troubles they are facing.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The eponymous Bad Seed of this humorous picture-book examination of trauma and its after-effects does lots of terrible things, from cutting in line to refusing to put anything away in its proper place. Perfectly aware that the other seeds don't like him very much, the Bad Seed reveals his history - growing up on a sunflower, being torn from his family, and then almost eaten by a giant! Eventually deciding he doesn't want to be bad anymore, he makes efforts to change, ending up (like most of us) a mix of bad and good...Having enjoyed any number of Jory John's other picture-books, from his Goonight Already! series to Penguin Problems, I have been meaning to pick up The Bad Seed since it came out a few years ago. Although it's taken me a while, I'm glad that I finally got around to it, as I appreciated both the overarching message of the tale - namely, that bad behavior is often the result of bad things having happened to the wrongdoer - and the humor of it. The illustrations by Peter Oswald, whose work I had not encountered before, are quite cute, and accentuate the humor of John's story. Although I didn't find this one laugh-out-loud funny, I did enjoy it enough that I have plans to track down the companion, The Good Egg.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Bad Seed I about a sunflower seed that was once spit out because he was a bad seed. Ever since then the seed lived up to his name and started doing bad things. He did these things because he wasn't happy in his life. Then one day he decided to make a change and start being good. He made changes and started being happy again. Occasionally he would do a few bad things but he never stopped trying. Other seeds started to notice his positive changes and stopped referring to him as the bad seed. I would highly recommend this to students in Kindergarten to third grade. This book has a great theme of teaching students to never stop changing in a positive way and to not let what other people say define you.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This is the story of a seed that used to be a happy seed until one day a bad life event makes it mad, and turns to be a bad and every one is afraid of him. However one day he decides to be a good seed, and that positive attitude made it a happy seed.