Welcome to The Kid’s Korner.
I decided to do this feature as I have so many great children’s books to share. From picture books, to books for beginning readers, to middle graders, I have plenty of fun ones.
Today I’m sharing another fun children’s book by Henry Herz.
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Good Egg And Bad Apple
Written by Henry Herz
Illustrations by Luke Graber
Genre: Children’s Book
My Review
Henry Herz uses fruit and vegetables sharing space in the refrigerator to show that bullying isn’t the best way to go and that, with a little bit of imagination and creative thinking, you can show someone the right path.
An apple a day isn’t always a good thing. Especially when Bad Apple has a sidekick like Second Banana. They’ve got everyone in the fridge either running or hiding. Good Egg will have to come out of his shell to chill things out.
It’s one foodie antic after another. The veggies get steamed up and the romaine wilts in fear. And Second Banana slips on his own peel.
I may not be a youngster but I can tell when they will love a story. Good Egg and Bad Apple has a bunch of adorable illustrations and veggie puns that make this lesson in bullying fun.
My reading experience included giggles and snorts. And now I wonder what I’d see if I snuck a peek in my fridge. Would everything be getting along or would there be a mess to clean up.
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Synopsis
Not all the foods in the refrigerator get along like peas in a pod. The vegetables are steamed, and Bad Apple and Second Banana are the problem. Good Egg suggests his friends try different responses to these two bullies. They try hiding, then standing their ground. At first, Good Egg’s tactics don’t bear fruit. Only by using his noodle does Good Egg avoid getting scrambled and save his friends’ bacon. In this story told on two levels, young readers will be entertained by the hijinks of the anthropomorphic food characters and will appreciate the allegory about not letting one bad apple spoil the bunch. Adult readers are served plenty of food for thought with hilarious gastronomical idioms and puns. An author’s note explaining all the wordplay adds English language educational opportunities.
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