Reviews

Good Egg and Bad Apple by Henry Herz

shighley's review

4.0

Very clever use of idioms and puns. At times I got lost in the story because I was enjoying them so much. (Plus, this made me hungry.) I'm not sure how much the bullying lesson will come through, but the book was still fun. I received an ARC via Netgalley.

jdiannedotson's review

5.0

This children's book introduces young readers to wordplay and puns, with food-based characters. Sight gags abound, and the wordplay will be familiar with adults. The illustrations are vibrant and clean. This will be a fun book to read aloud to children of any age, or to engage early readers. I enjoyed the moral of the story as well, that bullying doesn't pay off, but friendship does.

bookdragon_library's review

3.0

This book had cute illustrations. There were a number of idioms used (the title is based on two idioms after all) and it has a rare glossary in the back explaining idioms which would make it a useful book for English Language Learners. This heavy use of a literary device seems to make the book geared more towards upper elementary school kids. It was a little over the heads of my 5 and 7 year old.
The theme of the book is bullying and how to deal with it. The plot is a little weak and the issue was resolved in a manner that I wouldn’t personally choose for my children. It was an unrealistic solution on how bullying is actually typically resolved and might lead to an idealized perception of it being a little too easy for the victim to solve.
Thanks to the author, Schiffer Publishing Ltd and NetGalley for the digital review copy in exchange for an honest review.
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jessmcall's review

3.0

This was a cute way to talk about bullying with kids. There was no shortage of foody puns. Overall, I thought it was cleaver and I think kids, as well, as adults will find this funny.

I received an ARC of this book via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.