Humble Pie
By (Author) Jory John
Illustrated by Pete Oswald
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
HarperCollins
28th October 2025
United States
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Humorous stories
Childrens / Teenage: Personal and social topics
Childrens / Teenage personal and social topics: Emotions, moods, feelings and be
Hardback
40
Serve up the eighth picture book in the #1New York Timesbestselling Food Group series from Jory John and Pete Oswald!
The Humble Pie likes to give others the spotlight. Aw, shucks!they deserve it!
But when hes paired with his best friend, Jake the Cake, for a school project, he soon realizes that staying in the shadows isnt always as sweet as pie. Readers of all ages will laugh along as their new pie pal discovers that letting your voice be heard always takes the cake!
Jory John and Pete Oswald serve up another heaping plate of laughs and lessons with this empowering, witty, and charming addition to their #1New York Timesbestselling series!
Check out Jory John and Pete Oswalds other funny bestselling books for kids ages four to eight and anyone who wants a laugh:
Jory John is a New York Times bestselling author and two-time E.B. White Read-Aloud Honor recipient. Jory's work includes the award-winning Goodnight Already! series, the bestselling Terrible Two series, the recent picture books Penguin Problems and Quit Calling Me a Monster!, and the national bestseller All my friends are dead, among many other books. He lives and works in Oregon, where he tries to be a very good seed, indeed. Pete Oswald is an LA-based artist, kid lit author/illustrator, and production designer. He is the co-creator of Mingo the Flamingo, published in 2017 by HarperCollins. Pete is also the illustrator of The Bad Seed, by Jory John. When Pete is not working on books he is helping to uplift many of the most successful animated franchises as a character designer, concept artist, and production designer. Pete lives in Santa Monica, California, with his wife and two sons.