Ned the Banana

By Linda DeGregorio and Elisa Elliott

Ned the Banana, sad that he’s different from fruits that are “In,” learns that fads are fleeting, and that what’s important is not how others think you should look and act but rather to like who you are and make your own choices. “If you like what’s within,” Ned concludes, “you’ll always be ‘In.”

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Mar 24, 2011
• ISBN: 9781491856109

Linda DeGregorio

In Ned the Banana, the author relates in verse an important “lite lesson,” impressing children with the value of liking themselves by looking within and not to peer created norms and fleeting fads. Although written for children, Ned’s lesson deriving self-esteem by looking inward rather than to others — is never too late to learn.

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