The Cool Bean

Ages 4 to 8, Grades P to 3

In #1 New York Times bestselling duo Jory John and Pete Oswald’s third picture book in the Food Group series, an uncool has-bean discovers that being cool means being kind and always being yourself.

With Jory’s same hilarious voice and Pete’s edgy artwork from The Bad Seed and The Good Egg comes a third picture book from this dynamic pair:The cool beans have always been cool. How cool are they?Check out how they move.Look at the way they swagger.Notice their sunglasses. Yow!The cool beans are known all over school. From house to house. Across town. Beyond county lines.And when an uncool bean struggles to fit in at school, he finds out what being cool is really about!Kids will laugh along as they learn that it’s better to be yourself and be kind to others than to be part of the crowd.

About the Author

Jory John, a #1 New York Times bestselling author of books for both children and adults, is a two-time E. B. White Read Aloud Honor recipient. He’s author of Goodnight Already!; I Love You Already!; Come Home Already!; All Right Already! The Bad Seed; The Good Egg; and That’s What Dinosaurs Do. Other notable titles include, Penguin Problems and All My Friends Are Still Dead. Before he started writing books, Jory worked as the program director at 826 Valencia, a nonprofit writing and educational center in San Francisco’s Mission District founded by Dave Eggers, for more than six years. In addition to the books listed above, Jory has written for the New York Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Believer, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, and BuzzFeed, among many other publications. He lives in Oregon. Visit him at www.joryjohn.com.Pete Oswald is a #1 New York Times bestselling artist, animator, and kid lit author and illustrator. As a character designer and concept artist, Pete has helped to uplift many successful animated franchises. Among other projects, Pete has worked on Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa; Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 1 & 2; Hotel Transylvania; Oscar-nominated ParaNorman; and the Angry Birds Movie 2. Pete is the cocreator of Mingo the Flamingo—a picture book about a migrating flamingo who crash-lands in Siberia and doesn’t know who he is—published in 2017 by HarperCollins. Pete is also the illustrator to The Bad Seed, The Good Egg, and That’s What Dinosaurs Do, written by Jory John. Pete lives in Los Angeles, California with his wife & three sons. Visit him at www.peteoswald.com.Pete Oswald is an artist, animator, kid lit author & illustrator. As a character designer and concept artist, Pete has helped to uplift many successful animated franchises. Among other projects, Pete has worked on Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatball 1 & 2; and Hotel Transylvania; Oscar® Nominated ParaNorman; and the Angry Birds Movie 2. Pete is the co-creator of Mingo the Flamingo—a picture book about a migrating flamingo who crash-lands in Siberia and doesn’t know who he is—published in 2017 by HarperCollins. Pete is also the illustrator to The Bad Seed and The Good Egg, authored by Jory John. Pete lives in Santa Monica, California with his wife & three sons.