Bad Banana - (Ready-To-Read) by Michael Rex (Hardcover)

About the Book

A banana grows rotten while waiting to be eaten, until it is finally baked into banana bread.

Book Synopsis

Find out what to do with a banana gone bad in this hilarious Level 2 Ready-to-Read from bestselling and Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor-winning author-illustrator Michael Rex.

Wow, that's one bad banana. Look at it--it's soft. It's squishy. Its yellow peel has lots of spots! Could there be hope for a banana like that?

Review Quotes

With an average of four to six sentences per page and at least that many laughs, this level 2 reader is ripe for repeated reading.--Booklist "January 2026"

A-peeling.--Kirkus "Septeber 15 2025"

About the Author

Michael Rex has been writing and illustrating children's books since 1995. He is the creator of over fifty books, including the #1 bestseller and Halloween favorite Goodnight Goon and its follow up We're Going on a Goon Hunt. His picture books include Eat Pete and the popular Facts vs. Opinions vs. Robots. His graphic novel series Your Pal Fred is about the nicest boy in the apocalypse, and in 2014, his Fangbone graphic novels were turned into an animated TV show. His early reader The Tunneler Tunnels in the Tunnel received a Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor. He loves traveling the country to visit schools and talk about his work with students of all ages; he has a master's degree in arts education and taught high school art for three years in the Bronx. He lives with his wife, two sons, and a dog in Leonia, New Jersey.