Published by HarperCollins
Summary: That is one bad seed. He never puts things back where they belong. He tells long jokes with no punch line. And he’s late to everything. Why? Well, it’s kind of a long story. He started out okay, growing up in a big family on a sunflower. When the flower wilted, though, he lost his home, and eventually ended up in a bag. A giant started to eat him, but he got spit out at the last minute. It was pretty much downhill from there. But now he’s made a decision to try to be good. It isn’t always easy, and sometimes he slips back into his old ways, but he keeps going, and eventually starts to think maybe he’s not such a bad seed after all. 40 pages; ages 4-8.
Pros: Pretty funny stuff that could open up discussion about why people do “bad” things, and how to help them do better. It can’t be easy to personify different seeds, but Pete Oswald does a charming job.
Cons: I’ve done just about all the “bad” things listed by the seed. The picture of the abandoned shopping cart in the parking lot really hit home for me.
