Description
This is a gentle, sweet story of how generosity and kindness are the true qualities to champion, and offers a great example for young readers and an important reminder for older readers. A strong addition to any collection. — School Library Journal (starred review) Witty wordplay (“I was officially a has-bean ”) and silly gags in the digital and watercolor illustrations ( The Great Gatsbean , A Midsummer Night’s Bean , Leguma Beach) help downplay the didacticism and up the cool factor. — Horn Book Magazine Cool beans indeed. — Kirkus Reviews Oswald's pipe-stemmed limbs, googly eyes, and accessories give these anthropomorphic legumes lots of personality. — Kirkus Reviews John's good-hearted text makes [hay] with the bean puns... — Kirkus Reviews as character-driven, pun-filled, and hilariously illustrated as its predecessors. — Booklist The last line [drives] the message home: all kids can be cool if they’re kind. — Booklist Jory John is a New York Times bestselling author and two-time E. B. White Read Aloud Honor recipient. Jory’s work includes the award-winning Goodnight Already! series; the bestselling Terrible Two series; the popular picture books The Bad Seed , Penguin Problems , and Quit Calling Me a Monster! ; and the national bestseller All My Friends Are Dead , among other books. He lives in Oregon. You can visit him online at www.joryjohn.com. Pete Oswald is an LA-based artist,xa0kid lit author/illustrator, and production designer. He is the co-creator of Mingo the Flamingo, published in 2017 by HarperCollins. Pete is also the illustrator of The Bad Seed , by Jory John. When Pete is not working on books he is helping to uplift many of the most successful animated franchises as a character designer, concept artist, and production designer. Pete lives in Santa Monica, California, with his wife and two sons.
Features & Highlights
- AN INSTANT
- NEW YORK TIMES
- BESTSELLER!
- The “too-cool-for-school” third picture book from the #1
- New York Times
- bestselling creators of
- The Bad Seed
- and
- The Good Egg
- , Jory John and Pete Oswald
- Everyone knows the cool beans. They’re
- sooooo
- cool.
- And then there’s the uncool
- has-bean
- . . .
- Always on the sidelines, one bean unsuccessfully tries everything he can to fit in with the crowd—until one day the cool beans show him how it’s done.
- With equal measures of humor, wit, and charm, the #1
- New York Times
- bestselling duo Jory John and Pete Oswald craft another incredible picture book, reminding us that it’s cooler to be kind.
- Check out Jory John and Pete Oswald’s funny, bestselling books for kids 4-8 and anyone who wants a laugh:
- The Bad Seed
- The Bad Seed
- The Good Egg
- The Good Egg
- The Cool Bean
- The Cool Bean
- The Couch Potato
- The Couch Potato
- The Good Egg Presents: The Great Eggscape!
- The Good Egg Presents: The Great Eggscape!
- The Bad Seed Presents: The Good, the Bad, the Spooky!
- The Bad Seed Presents: The Good, the Bad, the Spooky!
- The Cool Bean Presents: As Cool as It Gets
- The Cool Bean Presents: As Cool as It Gets
- That’s What Dinosaurs Do
- That’s What Dinosaurs Do
