The Good Egg

Jory John’s humorous picture book, The Good Egg, features a bespectacled egg who tries to be perfect. Being surrounded by other misbehaving eggs stresses the good egg to cracking point, so he sets off on a journey of self-discovery and self-care, engaging in relaxation, meditation and even painting. Pete Oswald’s comical illustrations, showing the bad eggs practicing feats of naughtiness and rude behavior at every opportunity, are melodramatic and preposterous, but perfectly counterbalanced by John’s simple text that will spark conversations about being true – and kind – to yourself and how to take time for self-reflection.