Amazon Editor's Pick: Best Books of the Month
National Indie Bestseller
Junior Library Guild Selection
IndieNext top selection
Barnes & Noble National Storytime selection

"Well-paced, bursting with humor, and charmingly misanthropic." — Kirkus starred review

This sublime pairing of author and artist results in a rib-tickling exploration of what it means to look at the unsunny side. — School Library Journal

A penguin levels with human readers about what penguin life is really like—and it isn’t all fun and games. A hilarious first collaboration from Jory John (I Will Chomp You! and Quit Calling Me a Monster!) and Lane Smith (The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales).

Winner of a 2015 E.B. White Read-Aloud Honor Award! 

Nominated for a 2015 Goodreads Choice Award: Best Picture Book

Meet Bear. He's exhausted. All he wants is to go to sleep. Meet Duck, Bear's persistent next-door neighbor. All he wants is to hang out . . . with Bear.

Jory John, author of All My Friends Are Dead, and Benji Davies join together to create this standout hilarious picture book that will make bedtime memorable.

"Children and adults will both delight in John's hysterical picture book that is sure to become a bedtime classic." — Indie Next List

"Author Jory John easily handles the dry humor that has taken over children's literature in recent years. Duck's energetic appeals will have even the littlest readers laughing. John's tale offers plenty for readers of all ages. Kids will laugh ... parents will commiserate. From kid-friendly dialogue to ... friendly illustrations, Goodnight Already! will be an oft-requested book." — BookPage

"An exhausted bear on the way to bed must fend off the incursions of his chatty, bored, coffee-drinking duck friend in this witty take on trouble in the sleep department. Davies's spot-on illustrations are both whimsical and tender, adding a feeling of intimacy to John's humor." — The New York Times

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A New York Times bestseller!

A Junior Library Guild Selection (Fall 2017)

An IndieBound bestseller

Amazon Prime’s Most Read Book of 2019

An Amazon Best Children's Book of the Month selection

"This is kid-book humor at its best, both warmhearted and frisky — the kind that leaves adults, too, cracking up and grateful." — The New York Times

"This is a story that opens up dialogue about our reactions to life experiences, the consequences of our choices, and the chance to make a change for the better. This charmingly illustrated book would be a comical read-aloud and useful for class or family discussions about manners, behavior, and reputation." — School Library Journal (STARRED review)

"Young readers (and some older ones as well) will chuckle at the list of misdeeds, then perhaps wonder whether they’re guilty of such baaaaaaaaaaad behavior themselves, but John aims for more fruitful ground. When the rogue seed decides 'to be happy' by doing good, it’s not so hard to cheer for him. Loudly. A thoughtful, candid look at self-reflection.” — Kirkus

There is a bad seed.

A baaaaaaaad seed.

How bad?

Do you really want to know?

He lies about pointless stuff.

He cuts in line. Every time.

He never washes his hands ... or his feet.

And he does lots of other bad things too.

But what happens when a bad seed doesn't want to be bad anymore? Can a bad seed change his baaaaaaaad ways?

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#1 New York Times bestseller!

16 weeks on the New York Times bestsellers list, four weeks at #1

A USA Today bestseller

An IndieBound bestseller

A Wall Street Journal bestseller

An Amazon Editor’s Pick as one of the best children’s books of 2019

An NPR selection as one of the best children’s books of 2019

A Junior Library Guild selection

National Indie bestseller

A Publisher’s Weekly bestseller

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First-day-of-school jitters have never been funnier or more reassuring than in this picture book by the New York Times bestselling author Jory John and critically acclaimed illustrator Liz Climo.

It’s almost the first day of school, and the animals are nervous. Sloth worries about getting there on time, snake can’t seem to get his backpack fastened onto his body, and bunny is afraid she’ll want to hop around instead of sitting still. When they all arrive at their classroom, though, they’re in for a surprise: Somebody else is nervous too. It’s their teacher, the armadillo! He has rolled in as a ball, and it takes him a while to relax and unfurl. But by the next day, the animals have all figured out how to help one another through their jitters. School isn’t so scary after all.

Publication date: July 7, 2020

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The instant New York Times bestseller!

The follow-up to the #1 and #2 New York Times bestselling picture books, The Good Egg and The Bad Seed.

An Amazon Best Book of the Month selection for December, 2019

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Amazon Editor's Pick: a Best Children's Book of the Year selection!

Winner of the North Carolina Children's Book Award for 2018

Recipient of the Oregon Spirit Book Award Honor Prize

"A perfect choice for a rollicking read-aloud, library collections, and picture book fans everywhere." — School Library Journal starred review

"A grand return to a world of endearing monsters from the duo behind I Will Chomp You!. As the monster gradually rallies against stereotypes and directs its ire toward readers, the book plumbs even greater depths of humor. Fiendish monsters — and everyone else — rejoice!" — Kirkus

“The pages pop with nervous energy.” — The Horn Book Magazine

"Two picture book masters come together for their best collaboration yet in this very funny picture book that speaks directly to how stereotyping and labels make someone feel. The text is gorgeously written and works beautifully when shared aloud, particularly by someone willing to go full out on the voicing of Floyd. The twist at the end is wonderful as well. Funny and smart, this picture book looks at how names hurt even if you are a monster.” — Waking Brain Cells

"Jory John and Bob Shea — the creators of I Will Chomp You! — whoop it up in this very funny picture book sure to inspire countless dramatic echoes of I'm no monster!" — Shelf Awareness

The talented creators of I Will Chomp You! brilliantly frame the struggle to buck stereotypes and learn empathy in this monster’s hilarious lament. Floyd Peterson is so much more than shaggy purple fur and pointy monster teeth—why can’t people just see him for him? Jory John and Bob Shea have struck gold in creating a knee-slapping, read-it-again story that will start a valuable discussion about how we treat others and how it feels to be seen as “different."

From The Bad Seed and The Good Egg creators, Jory John and Pete Oswald, comes a story about a dinosaur who loves to ROAR.

William the dinosaur likes to roar.

At the park?“ROAR.”

At the bus stop?“ROAR!”

At the farm? You bet. ROARRR!

William never lets the chance to roar pass him by, even if others find it rather bothersome.

That's until William gets a sore throat and the doctor warns him not to roar for a WHOLE week. But can this overexcited, boisterous, giant lizard not do what dinosaurs are meant to do?!

In his humorous and insightful style, Jory John creates an epic story about unapologetically and happily being yourself, no matter the cost. Another side-splitting combination of John’s brilliant text and Pete Oswald’s expressive and lively illustrations, That’s What Dinosaurs Do is a read-aloud that young readers will roar for again and again.

The New York Times bestselling author of The Bad Seed and The Good Egg takes a lighthearted approach to how to respond to the all-too-common claim “It’s not my fault!”

A boy steadfastly refuses to take responsibility for any of his mistakes. He just blames everything on his pen, his backpack, his comb, his pillow–whatever happens to be at hand. For a while, this approach works at home and at school. He’s positively convinced he has it all figured out until…all the inanimate objects rise up and revolt. What can he do when a talking pen and talking backpack decide to rebel?

The #1 New York Times bestselling picture-book author Jory John encourages kids to accept responsibility while keeping the laughs coming in this fun-filled tale.

"Have no fear: You don't have to be a cow, like cows, or even know a cow to love The Terrible Two. This is a very, very funny book full of original and indelible characters, a book that announces the arrival of two very talented duos — Miles and Niles, and Barnett and John. Readers of any age will hope they stick around for a long time." — Dave Eggers

Miles Murphy is not happy to be moving to Yawnee Valley, a sleepy town that’s famous for one thing and one thing only: cows. In his old school, everyone knew him as the town’s best prankster, but Miles quickly discovers that Yawnee Valley already has a prankster, and a great one. If Miles is going to take the title from this mystery kid, he is going to have to raise his game.

It’s prankster against prankster in an epic war of trickery, until the two finally decide to join forces and pull off the biggest prank ever seen: a prank so huge that it would make the members of the International Order of Disorder proud.

In The Terrible Two, bestselling authors and friends Jory John and Mac Barnett have created a series that has its roots in classic middle-grade literature yet feels fresh and new at the same time.

“A double helping of fun and mischief!” — Jeff Kinney, author of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series

“Hilarious.” — Dav Pilkey, author of the Captain Underpants series

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If you're a dinosaur, all of your friends are dead. If you're a pirate, all of your friends have scurvy. If you're a tree, all of your friends are end tables. Each page of this laugh-out-loud illustrated humor book showcases the downside of being everything from a clown to a cassette tape to a zombie. Cute and dark all at once, this hilarious children's book for adults teaches valuable lessons about life while exploring each cartoon character's unique grievance and wide-eyed predicament. From the sock whose only friends have gone missing to the houseplant whose friends are being slowly killed by irresponsible plant owners (like you), All My Friends Are Dead presents a delightful primer for laughing at the inevitable.

"Darkly comic. Funny." — Pop Candy, USA Today

"What a charming way to introduce wee ones to all the downers in life." — crushable.com

"One of the most reblogged things of all time (of all time!) on Tumblr." — urlesque.com

"Laugh out loud funny, and a tiny bit disturbing. In other words, perfect." — The Huffington Post

"Hilariously morbid." — Laughing Squid

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