The Food Group - Read Alouds- Bad Seed, Good Egg, Cool Bean, Couch Potato, Smart Cookie, Sour Grape

hi book Leaguers the food group series books were so popular that I have combined them into one Epic video you can see the chapters Below in the description if you want to skip to a specific book and please subscribe for more content like this I have a ton of videos on my channel for parents teachers and of course the kiddos keep reading it's the most important thing you can do for your mental well-being enjoy The Bad Seed written by Jory John illustrated by Pete Oswald I'm a bad seed a bear scene oh yeah it's true the other seeds they look at me and they say that seed is so bad when they think I'm not looking they mumble Bird Goes a bad seed but I can hear them I have good hearing for a seed how about am I you really want to know well I never put things back where they belong I'm late to everything I tell long jokes with no punchline I never wash my hands or my feet I lie about Pointless Stuff I cut in line every time I stare at everybody I finish everyone's sentences I glare at everybody and I never listen and I do lots of other bad things too now why because I'm a bad seed I just can't help it sure I wasn't always this bad I was born a humble seed on a simple sunflower in an unremarkable field I had a big family seeds everywhere we found ways of having fun we were close but then the petals dropped and our flower drooped it's kind of a blur I remember a bag everything went dark and then then a giant I thought I was a goner I thought I was done for I screamed and hollered I was spit out at the last possible second I flew through the air and I landed under the bleachers with a huge thud when I woke up it was dark outside a wad of gum had softened my fall I felt okay but something had changed in me I become a different seed entirely I'd become a bad seed uh and Seed that's right I stopped smiling I kept to myself I drifted I was friend to nobody and bad to everybody I was lost on purpose I lived inside a soda can I didn't care and it suited me until recently I've made a big decision I've decided I don't want to be a bad seed anymore I'm ready to be happy it's hard to be good when you're so used to being bad but I'm trying I'm taking it one day at a time sure I still forget to listen and I still show up late and I still talk during movies and I do all kinds of other bad stuff but I also say thank you and I say please and I smile and I hold doors open for people not always but sometimes and even though I still feel bad sometimes I also feel kind of good it's sort of a mix all I can do is keep trying and keep thinking maybe I'm not such a bad seed after all hey there goes that bad seed actually he's not all that bad anymore I heard that there is a bad seed he's not so bad yep the end I'm Not A Bad Seed anymore I'm really good [Music] The Good Egg by Jory John and Pete Oswald oh hello I didn't see you there I was just rescuing this cat the LIE cause I'm a good egg very good egg it's true I do all kinds of good things like I'll carry your groceries I'll water your plants I'll change your tires I'll paint your house if you need any help whatsoever on your egg I've always been a good egg it's been that way from the start even in my earliest days back at the store there were a dozen of us living together under one recycled roof there was Meg Ed Peg Ed Greg at Clegg it's shell and Shelly and Sheldon and Shelby and Egbert and Frank and other Frank the other 11 eggs were on their best behavior they weren't exactly good they ignored their bedtime they only ate sugary cereal they threw Tantrums they cried for no reason they broke their stuff oh meanwhile I I tried to take charge I tried to fix their bad behavior I tried to keep the peace because I it was a good egg oh very good egg nobody seemed to care though every night I was exhausted my head felt scrambled then what faithful morning I noticed some cracks in my shell [Music] they were everywhere my doctor said it was from all the pressure I was putting up myself the pressure of making sure everyone was as good as me I was cracking up early something had to change I'd had enough I told Meg and Peg and Greg and Clegg and shell and Shelly and Sheldon and Shelby and Edward and Frank and other Frank that I was leaving I can't be the only good egg in a bad curtain I said blah blah blah they replied I left that night I wandered from town to Town the hours became days the days became weeks I lost track of time I was alone out there on the road under the stars I really tried to focus on myself and what I needed I took walks I read books I floated in the river I wrote in my journal I found simple moments to be quiet I breathed in I breathed out I even started painting for once I found time for me and guess what little by little the cracks of my shell started to heal my head no longer felt scrambled I started to feel like myself again so I've made a big decision I'm returning to my old Carton and my friends besides I'm kind of lonely out here this time I know what I need to do I'll try not to worry so much I'll be good to my fellow eggs while also being good to myself here we go everybody missed me I missed them too little Meg Cody Peg hey Greg greetings Craig what's up shell Aloha Shelly heyo Sheldon hi Shelby good day Eggbert whoa what's happening Frank how do you do other Frank sure every once in a while somebody's still a little bit bad but it's not like before here's what I realized the other eggs aren't perfect and I don't have to be either I'm okay with that yep the old carton is back together we're a solid dozen again it's good to be home the end the cool Bean written by Jory John illustrations by Pete Oswald watch out here come the cool beans the cool beans oh yeah check out how they move look at the way they Swagger notice their sunglasses Yahoo cool beans are known all over school from house to house across town Beyond county lines in the olden days last year we were all one big pot of beans we were a mixed bag but somehow it worked yep those were the good old days and then we stopped seeing each other as much that's just how it is sometimes you spend less time together even though you're not totally sure why I watched as the beans I knew so well the beans from my own pod became cool beans they were so cool one of them could play the guitar cool [Music] one of them could draw the best superheroes cool one of them could jump higher than any Bean I'd ever known cool [Music] me well I mostly stayed the same sure I made some small changes I wore sunglasses too big I slicked my hair back too slick I shredded around ow I swaggered oof I was still picked last for everything my clothes never seemed to fit I snorted when I laughed I walked into stuff I was an uncool being for sure I started thinking of myself as just a common being with no special skills I couldn't compete so I didn't even try I'd never be a cool Bean it seemed like there were two types of beans in the world there were the cool beans and the beans like me the days all Blended together I live my life and things were just okay I took tests and ate lunches and mostly kept to myself the cool beans continued being cool I mean sure I miss them a bit but it's not like I was gonna say anything I felt like all that coolness had gotten in the way of our friendship and that's how it went until one day I was in the cafeteria I dropped my lunch on my loafers again but then something sort of miraculous happened out of nowhere one of the cool beans helped me clean it up he didn't even say anything he just gave me a nod that was it later I was out on the playground I tripped and scraped my knee and maybe cried a little bit and everybody saw it another one of the beans came to my side and without a word he dusted me off that afternoon I was sitting in class I wasn't really paying attention I didn't notice but our teacher had called on me everybody stared I sat there in silence nobody said anything and then then everybody just left at me that was it after today I was officially a has been but then one of the cool beans stood up and came over to me everybody watched she leaned in close and whispered hey the teacher asked you to read from page 32. then she gave me a quick wink and went back to her seat it was a small gesture sure but it was also everything I walked home with a goofy smile on my face I smiled all the way through dinner that day made all the difference it is a day that could have been really bad if not for the kindness of a few cool beans it gave me a shred of confidence that shred of confidence has continued to grow somebody had my back or a few somebody's after that I started hanging out with the cool beans again how have you been get it how have you been not all the time but sometimes at lunch after school even on the weekends throughout all of this I realized that it's not about how you look or any of that other silly stuff it's about a wink or a nod or a smile at just the right moment it's about dusting somebody off helping them up again and pointing them in the right direction you need a hand yes please hey now that's cool to all of my cool beans out there always be nice be kind you never know how much it might mean to the other being thank you for listening and please subscribe bye-bye the couch potato written by Jory John illustrated by Pete Oswald climb a potato not a small potato like my brother not a sweet potato like my mother not a mashed potato like my uncle stew I am a couch potato oh yeah it's true my favorite place to slouch is on the couch I spend all my free time sitting in this exact spot oh why would I ever leave this comfy cozy couch it's got everything a potato could need see I have this and this and this and one of these and those and this and that and these oh and this check it out this button activates a gadget that fetches me snacks whenever I want bam impressed and I don't even have to move an inch much easier than going to the kitchen foreign if the most important thing in life is to be comfortable at all times then I think I've got it all figured out but wait there's more I haven't revealed the absolute best part about my whole setup it's everything you see in front of me have a look around take it all in pretty spectacular right yes it's a sea of shimmering screens from wall to shining wall what Joy what Bliss these screens feature my favorite shows this screen has all my unanswered messages these screens are where I play video games and this screen is a live stream of my friend my best Spud for life this is how my pals and I spend quality time together it's much easier than trying to meet up somewhere like folks did in the old days that's for sure hey spotty hey pal Tato yes from this very couch I can control everything in my life all the time with just a few Taps and a couple clicks not bad huh [Music] Yes siree This Is The Life at least that's what I thought until the other day something strange happened there was a knock at the door it was a delivery whoosh it was my newest device a video camera that would allow me to watch myself react while I was watching all my favorite shows woohoo all I had to do was plug it in and my room nay my kingdom would be complete but suddenly [Music] everything went dark look out coming through whoops [Applause] ow what I made it to the window I pulled back the curtains the sun seemed brighter than I remembered there was nothing better to do so I decided to take my dog Tater for a walk outside it had been a while everything was so vivid like a high resolution 156 inch curved screen but even more realistic something smelled fresh after a few moments I realized that it was the air I heard a noise some chirps a ringtone perhaps but no I looked up to see some birds I wandered down the street from block to block and across the neighborhood eventually I found a park with a hill there was a massive Tree on top it looked like a desktop background only it was real neat I leaned against the tree it wasn't as comfortable as my couch not even close but after a while it wasn't so bad ah [Music] any worries about the power outage and what I might be missing drifted away I wasn't thinking about my favorite shows or my unanswered messages or anything else really I noticed the Stillness the view the sky the clouds the sunset and those colors my goodness it took a while because there was no fast forward option but eventually the sun sank below the horizon foreign by the time I got home the power was back on I sat on the couch whoa I hit the button to brush my teeth I pulled the lever to change into my pajamas I turned the knob to watch a bedtime story then I noticed my reflection in one of the screens I wondered how much of my life had been spent in this very spot it was then and there that I made the decision to peel myself off the couch a bit more often maybe every day even and so that's what I've done I've started hanging out with my friends my best buddies outside we started biking and hiking and swimming and hiding and seeking sometimes we have snacks and play board games sometimes we talk all day we might watch the clouds there's no big plan we just see what happens it makes me wonder what if I don't always need to be totally comfortable what if I'm happier when I have a better balance between my gadgets and the world outside because it turns out that I'm more than just a couch potato I'm an amusing potato I'm a smart potato I'm a kind potato I'm an entertaining potato and I'm a sit on the hill and watch the sunset potato yes there's a great big world out there and I want to be a part of it in person but don't get me wrong at the end of the long day after I've run and played and talked and laughed with my friends I still think it's awfully nice to slouch on the couch [Music] the end the smart cookie written by Jory John illustrated by Pete Oswald greetings I'm a cookie I live in a bakery on a street corner near a river come on in Welcome to our little community it's a warm and supportive place to spend some time pretty fantastic huh these days life is sweet but my journey wasn't always the Cakewalk when I was younger I couldn't have imagined fitting in here for a long time I didn't feel comfortable speaking up or sharing my ideas I didn't feel like a smart cookie I wanted to be a cookie who knew all the answers a cookie who felt confident in a group a cookie who said aha when solving a puzzle like this aha looking back I had some trouble in my early days I went to school in a gingerbread house our teacher Miss biscotti was kind and patient when I arrived each morning she'd wave at me and smile but I didn't get the best grades and I never raised my hand because I couldn't think of the answers as fast as the others and I was the last to finish most tests it wasn't because I didn't care and it wasn't because I didn't try sometimes I'd get distracted and mess up even though I knew the material those were the most frustrating moments of all once I misspelled the word dough that was rough another time I added when I meant to subtract occasionally we'd have a lesson where I had absolutely no idea what was happening I just couldn't keep up I imagined that my desk was a raft and that I was completely lost at sea because that's what it felt like at night I slept in a cookie jar I had about six dozen roommates move you move no you move no you move now yeah no you move I'd stay awake and stare out the window and worry and it went this way day after day but then something happened that changed everything it all started with a homework assignment Miss biscotti requested our attention one afternoon tonight I would like you to create something completely original she announced it can be anything you want please bring it to class tomorrow that was it there were no further instructions Miss biscotti winked at me as I gathered my belongings I felt like I had a million butterflies in my stomach create anything something original do tomorrow nope when I got home I immediately went to work at first I tried a cooking project the results were half baked next I tried to hammer and nail something it splintered immediately then I tried a sculpture it was a complete bust I wondered if I was about to fail yet another assignment I was stuck I stared out the window and watched the rain hit the river there was something mesmerizing about the water how it moved in such a chaotic way swirling around and around yet ultimately figuring out exactly where it needed to go aha hardly I had an idea decided to write something original a poem I came up with a title based on how I'd been feeling my crummy days after that the rest of it seemed to fall into place I wrote and I wrote I lost track of time an hour went by in a Flash I said when it was finished I couldn't sleep that night but it wasn't because I was worried it was because I was excited I felt like I had really accomplished something I felt smart the following day Miss biscotti asked for volunteers to share what we'd created one kid showed off his original frosting art another kid revealed her sprinkle distribution machine it was neat seeing how everyone was good at such different things finally Miss biscotti turned to me would you like to share anything she asked dope I gulped I thought I'd probably crumble under the pressure but I made my way to the front of the classroom I noticed my hands were shaking my mouth went dry um um this poem is called my crummy days I said my voice cracking and then I read it aloud as I spoke I noticed some kids nodding at certain lines other kids laughed at parts that were supposed to be funny as I built toward the finale I felt myself becoming more confident and animated and in the end everyone clapped and cheered I promise you this I'll never ever forget it Miss biscotti was beaming no one but you could have written that poem she said it was completely original aha I had done it I'd created something and shared it with the world well my world at least the rest of the day was a blur by recess I was already planning my next poem I would call it my sweet morning aha I thought when I came up with a title later that afternoon Miss biscotti handed me a note it said that I should keep on writing no matter what that meant so much to me school was a bit different after that I wasn't so scared to raise my hand or ask a question or share my work sure some things still don't come as easy for me as they do for others but now I know that you can be smart in many different ways you don't have to have the answers to every question or suddenly be great at everything all at once you just need a chance to try all kinds of things to find out who you are and what you like to do as for me I learned that I can write and I can think of great ideas and I found plenty of other things I'm good at too I no longer feel lost at sea it's more like floating down a river and the best part is there's always more to learn because we're all smart cookies uh-huh oh thank you for listening smart cookies please remember try your best even if you're not good at something the more you practice the better you'll get and the more things you try you might even find a thing that you love the most and after you do I bet you say say it with me aha the sour grape written by Jory John illustrated by Pete Oswald I'm a grape is that a grape [Music] if somebody upsets me I remember it if somebody wrongs me I won't forget it if somebody insults me I'll never ignore it nope see that banana over there that banana slipped and bumped into me so I'm holding a grudge see that orange that orange didn't call me back for a week Grudge see that lime that line borrowed my scarf and never returned it good Grudge I suppose I've got pretty thin skin for a grape nobody steps on this grape [Music] and it it wasn't always this way I grew up in a close-knit bunch for about 3 000 of us in our little Community we were sweet to each other you look nice today show to you no you do we all lived on a vine sure it was a bit claustrophobic especially when we were trying to get ready in the morning are you done in the air come on but my family was ripe with humor Goodwill and warmth we did our best with what we had are you gonna finish that my grandparents visited on the weekends we'd stroll in the Sun and they'd teach us what they knew they said that it takes a bunch to raise a seed they said that good grapes rolled their own way in life they told us to be kind forgiving considerate and grateful or grateful my grandpa said with a wink above all no matter what life throws at you and there will be a lot try to stay sweet my grandma said indeed we said in response and for a while I was the sweetest of the sweet I said please I said thank you I brushed aside life's little annoyances I knew how good I had it oops no problem at all then one day something changed in me it was my birthday I had rigorously and vigorously planned a big party for weeks I'd send out invitations with the date prominently displayed get this I had a ferris wheel a magician and hayrides I had snacks upon snacks upon snacks the highlight of the party though was a fireworks display which would happen at sundown I stood out front and waited for folks to arrive I had a gigantic smile on my face I waited everybody was a little late it seemed no big deal no big whoop so I waited a tumbleweed rolled by a coyote howled in the distance [Music] the sun sank behind the Hills and I waited nobody showed up and I mean nobody by the time the fireworks show started with me as the sole spectator I was scowling I considered everybody I'd invited and only one thought came to my mind grudge grudge grudge grudge grudge grudge grudge grudge grudge after that my personality became something else entirely I went from a sweet grape to a bitter grape to a Snappy grape who move my chair finally I became a sour grape [Music] I started holding minor grudges that eventually became major grudges why don't you watch where you're going I scowled so much that my face got all squishy you know what don't even bother calling me back I took my grumpiness out on others are you ever gonna return my scarf and that's just how it's been day after day week after week month after month Grudge after Grudge but something happened recently that changed my thinking I was getting ready to meet up with my friend Lenny the only fellow I know who's as sour as I am Lenny and I usually go to the park where we sit on a bench and rant about stuff but just as I was heading out the door I bumped my knee oof after I bandaged myself up I discovered I had a flat tire ugh then I missed the bus and the next bus was late wow finally I got off at the wrong stop fish by the time I arrived at the park it was getting dark Lenny was fuming and furious with a frown in a furrowed forehead his face looked all squishy we agreed to meet at exactly four o'clock you're three hours late I tried to explain why I was so tardy but Lenny wouldn't listen he'd already made up his mind he'd formed a huge Grudge and he wouldn't budge I couldn't believe it how unfair I thought how ridiculous I thought how um how similar to the way I would react hmm Lenny was pretty worked up he was pacing back and forth emitting occasional grumbles his tone was tart so I gave him a little space besides it was nice out I noticed the sky changing colors the melodic chirping of the birds the evening Breeze the buzz of the parks insects coming alive at night I suddenly felt grateful and peaceful and calm had I been missing all this simple beauty because I was too busy complaining meanwhile old Lenny stormed off muttering something about disrespect and lack of consideration I'm pretty sure I heard him at a girl too I walked home I pulled a Dusty box out from under my bed there were old family photos inside I spotted myself in one of the pictures I was so sweet I knew that little grape from the photo was still a big part of me deep down it would just take some work to get back there again and that was the exact moment I found the invitation I had sent out for my Infamous birthday party the one where nobody showed up it said May 31st but wait wait a minute here my birthday was on May 21st alas I had told everyone to come on the wrong day dope it was all my fault I realized nobody's perfect not even me after that day I started noticing other things too like how remaining sour all the time is so draining I'd wasted so much energy holding grudges when I could have easily cleared the air if I'd felt hurt and yes I still get upset from time to time but that's okay because now I talk I listen and I work things out instead of just walking away my sourness is fading I'm letting go of all my grudges and hey it's working slip UPS happen I oh thanks that scarf looks Sublime on you why don't you keep it really you're the best aren't you glad we got to catch up I'm so grateful that we did sure sometimes I still let out a little girl when I'm frustrated like this girl but then I move on my face is less squishy too oh and don't worry things are okay with Lenny again gosh sorry I'm late you must be furious no big deal my friend you know what if you look at things in the right sort of way and if you remember to be kind consider it forgiving and grateful life can be pretty sweet yes indeed the end please subscribe if you don't I'll hold a grudge actually I don't hold grudges anymore but I will go I'll do it like all the time and it'll be really annoying

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Keywords: readaloud, storytime, book, kidsbook, childrensbook, bookleague, the bad seed, the good egg, the smart cookie, the couch potato, the sour grape, the cool Bean, the food group series, jory john, Pete Oswald, The food group series, The food group, book league storytime, book league storytime adventures, bedtime stories

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Length: 42min 56sec (2576 seconds)

Published: Thu Feb 09 2023