Summer Camp Critter Jitters

Praise for Can Somebody Please Scratch My Back?

"The expressive text and illustrations act together to make the elephant's frustration clearly evident . . . There is much [children] can identify with in this elephant's dilemma." --Booklist

"A funny read-aloud suitable for any classroom or library." --School Library Journal

Praise for The Good Egg
New York Times best seller

*"John embeds a seed of a great idea--finding a balance between personal and social responsibility--within a rip-roaring, touching narrative." --Kirkus Reviews, starred review

*"An enormously entertaining lesson about the perils of perfectionism." --Booklist, starred review

Praise for The Bad Seed
New York Times best seller
An Amazon Best Children's Book of the Month

*"This charmingly illustrated book would be a comical read-aloud and useful for class or family discussions about manners, behavior, and reputation." --School Library Journal, starred review

"John gives the seed a sympathetic backstory (packaged as a snack food, he barely escaped being eaten) that, along with his eventual determination to change his stripes, should keep readers engaged." --Publishers Weekly

"Young readers will enjoy watching the dramatic seed intimidate his nervous neighbors, and might not even realize they're learning a lesson about good behavior in the process." --Booklist