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Jory John

Born

Santa Cruz, CA, The United States

Website

http://joryjohn.com/

Twitter

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Genre

Children's, Humor and Comedy, Comics

Influences

James Thurber, Shel Silverstein, Matt Groening, David Sedaris, Dave Eg ...more

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Jory John is a #1 New York Times bestselling author and two-time E.B. White Read-Aloud Honor recipient.

Jory's work includes the #1 New York Times bestselling picture book, The Good Egg, and the #2 New York Times bestselling picture book, The Bad Seed, both illustrated by Pete Oswald. He is also the author of the popular picture books, Penguin Problems and Giraffe Problems, both illustrated by Lane Smith, the award-winning Goodnight Already! series, illustrated by Benji Davies, the New York Times bestselling Terrible Two series, the recent picture books Quit Calling Me a Monster! (with Bob Shea), Can Somebody Please Scratch My Back? (with Liz Climo), and the international bestseller, All my friends are dead, among many other books for both ...more

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Jory John's Blog

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I WILL CHOMP YOU!

Hey friends,
My new picture book with Bob Shea, called "I Will Chomp You!", was released yesterday! Woo hoo.

You can see the cover and a few blurbs, here: http://www.joryjohn.com/#/i-will-chom...

You can enter to win a signed copy, here: https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sh...

And, if you're interested, you can pick up a copy at your local bookstore!

Thanks,
Jory

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Published on August 05, 2015 14:49 • Tags: bob-shea, i-will-chomp-you, jory-john, random-house

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Jory John’s books

Average rating: 4.19 · 180,045 ratings · 18,811 reviews · 69 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Bad Seed (The Food Group #1) by Jory John, Pete Oswald (Illustrator) 4.32 avg rating — 39,836 ratings — published 2017 — 40 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Good Egg (The Food Group #2) by Jory John, Pete Oswald (Illustrator) 4.34 avg rating — 16,373 ratings — published 2019 — 32 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Cool Bean (The Food Group #3) by Jory John, Pete Oswald (Illustrator) 4.41 avg rating — 11,250 ratings — published 2019 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Couch Potato (The Food Group #4) by Jory John, Pete Oswald (Illustrator) 4.36 avg rating — 7,637 ratings — published 2020 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Smart Cookie (The Food Group #5) by Jory John, Pete Oswald (Illustrator) 4.32 avg rating — 4,448 ratings — published 2021 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Penguin Problems by Jory John, Lane Smith (Illustrator) 4.06 avg rating — 4,422 ratings — published 2016 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Sour Grape (The Food Group #6) by Jory John, Pete Oswald (Illustrator) 4.41 avg rating — 3,786 ratings — published 2022 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Great Eggscape! by Jory John, Pete Oswald (Illustrations), Saba Joshaghani (Illustrator) 4.02 avg rating — 3,868 ratings — published 2020 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Goodnight Already! by Jory John, Benji Davies (Illustrator) 4.08 avg rating — 3,653 ratings — published 2014 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Giraffe Problems by Jory John, Lane Smith (Illustrator) 4.06 avg rating — 3,069 ratings — published 2018 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Jory John

The Food Group (8 books)
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Jory John,

Pete Oswald (Illustrator)

4.32 avg rating — 95,738 ratings

Animal Problems (3 books)
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Jory John,

Lane Smith (Illustrator)

4.01 avg rating — 9,505 ratings

Bear & Duck (4 books)
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Jory John,

Benji Davies (Illustrator)

3.95 avg rating — 6,947 ratings

Critter Jitters (2 books)
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Jory John,

Liz Climo (Illustrator)

4.16 avg rating — 1,044 ratings

Quotes by Jory John (?)

“That was a rhetorical question! Don't you even know what a rhetorical question is?"

Miles didn't know whether to answer.”
― Jory John, The Terrible Two

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“Principal Barkin had a list of suspects that was exactly one kid long.”
― Jory John, The Terrible Two

tags: principal-barkin, suspects

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“Daddy, I think there's a monster in my closet! No, son, it's just Floyd Peterson. Oh... okay. Good night.”
― Jory John, Quit Calling Me a Monster!

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I WILL CHOMP YOU!

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