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Everyone Loves Bacon
Egg loves Bacon.
Lettuce loves Bacon.
Waffle loves Bacon.
Bacon is sizzling with popularity.
And pretty much everyone thinks he is the best.
That is-until Bacon's fame goes to his head. He's so busy soaking up the attention, that he soon forgets the important things in life, like friendship and family. How will it all pan out for our dashing, delicious hero?
Lettuce loves Bacon.
Waffle loves Bacon.
Bacon is sizzling with popularity.
And pretty much everyone thinks he is the best.
That is-until Bacon's fame goes to his head. He's so busy soaking up the attention, that he soon forgets the important things in life, like friendship and family. How will it all pan out for our dashing, delicious hero?
40 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2014
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About the author
Kelly DiPucchio
61 books263 followersKelly is the award-winning author of several children’s books, thousands of To-Do lists, and a few recipe cards. Two of her books, Grace For President and The Sandwich Swap, were New York Times bestsellers.
Like most kids who grew up in the 1970’s, Kelly had a pet goat and bought all her clothes from the Sears catalog. Like most teenagers who grew up in the 1980’s, Kelly had really big glasses and feathered hair.
Today, Kelly lives with her husband and three children in southeastern Michigan, where she enjoys writing just about everything except her own bio.
Like most kids who grew up in the 1970’s, Kelly had a pet goat and bought all her clothes from the Sears catalog. Like most teenagers who grew up in the 1980’s, Kelly had really big glasses and feathered hair.
Today, Kelly lives with her husband and three children in southeastern Michigan, where she enjoys writing just about everything except her own bio.
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July 9, 2019
Does everyone love bacon? All I know is that I certainly do! 😛 however, I may not be able to look at a piece of bacon in the same way after reading this sordid breakfast food tale.
This children’s pictorial story about food is quirky and humorous. Funny pictures.
Page 1 begins: Everyone loves Bacon... Including Bacon!
Oh no! A narcisstic, self loving piece of pork??? Yep! Who would have thought?
And in this story, so many other fruits and vegetables loved Bacon too. of course they do! He is the center of attention. He told charming stories and funny jokes. He was, “da man.”
However, the other breakfast meats were ignored/left out and Bacon, he did not even care about that at all. All typical narcisstic behaviors, if you look up the definition.
In the meantime, Bacon was becoming more and more popular and his picture appeared everywhere!!! Billboards, marquees, sides of buses! He was a celebrity! He was on top of the world! And true to form, he forgot about his friends back home and pretended (horrors) not to even know them! For shame!
Off to the world of excessive self-love, attraction and dominance goes Bacon...he drove fancy cars, wore fancy hats (more attention getting devices). He even grew a fancy moustache! He was “it” until he wasn’t - something horrible happens to him at the end.
Is there a lesson for children/adults in this Bacon story? Yes! Not sure if the kiddos will figure this one out but it sure as hell shows to the rest of us what happens when you get way too big for your britches, only loving yourself, causing self centered drama and sucking up all the attention around yourself and forgetting about the most important things and people in your life.
For Bacon, it certainly does not end well.
🥓😳
This children’s pictorial story about food is quirky and humorous. Funny pictures.
Page 1 begins: Everyone loves Bacon... Including Bacon!
Oh no! A narcisstic, self loving piece of pork??? Yep! Who would have thought?
And in this story, so many other fruits and vegetables loved Bacon too. of course they do! He is the center of attention. He told charming stories and funny jokes. He was, “da man.”
However, the other breakfast meats were ignored/left out and Bacon, he did not even care about that at all. All typical narcisstic behaviors, if you look up the definition.
In the meantime, Bacon was becoming more and more popular and his picture appeared everywhere!!! Billboards, marquees, sides of buses! He was a celebrity! He was on top of the world! And true to form, he forgot about his friends back home and pretended (horrors) not to even know them! For shame!
Off to the world of excessive self-love, attraction and dominance goes Bacon...he drove fancy cars, wore fancy hats (more attention getting devices). He even grew a fancy moustache! He was “it” until he wasn’t - something horrible happens to him at the end.
Is there a lesson for children/adults in this Bacon story? Yes! Not sure if the kiddos will figure this one out but it sure as hell shows to the rest of us what happens when you get way too big for your britches, only loving yourself, causing self centered drama and sucking up all the attention around yourself and forgetting about the most important things and people in your life.
For Bacon, it certainly does not end well.
🥓😳
November 10, 2015
Bacon, everyone's favorite breakfast food, gets his comeuppance after his big head causes him to abandon his friends in favor of adoring fans.
August 1, 2016
Everyone Loves Bacon and anyone who has any sort of funny bone will also love this book. I promise, if you aren't dead, you will smile. (You might even laugh.) The illustrations are 50's-dinner-esque, the text is simple and comical. The story is hilarious for any age reader. And the ending, well, the ending is very fitting for this book. I'll never look at bacon again, without feeling it exude this personality. DiPucchio and Wight, NAILED it.
Buy this book for your kids, check it out from your library, or even just read it to your spouse if you see it at the bookstore. Few books make me actually laugh out loud. This one did...a lot.
Buy this book for your kids, check it out from your library, or even just read it to your spouse if you see it at the bookstore. Few books make me actually laugh out loud. This one did...a lot.
September 28, 2015
Timely and fun with quirky illustrations. I really enjoyed it.
May 6, 2016
This is cute and funny (and I may just read it at school tomorrow because we are talking about pride/humility. No lesson is explicitly stated but it is implied in the text). Everyone loves bacon...eggs, pancakes, waffles and especially Bacon. Bacon is so loved and so popular that it goes to his head. He begins to boast and forget his friends. But bacon gets his just reward. The illustrations are fantastic and definitely add to the text.
I see a few reviewers have pointed out that not everyone actually loves bacon. But I think that actually is a perfect point for discussion. I think bacon is fantastic...but not everyone will agree. In real life, no one is universally loved or universally admired... We shouldn't expect that everyone will love us (and if we are boastful and full of self-importance like Bacon, that will be even more true.). Also, each person should recognize that they are better with others than alone ("two heads are better than one") just as bacon is even better when paired with eggs or waffles...or all the makings of a BLT!
I see a few reviewers have pointed out that not everyone actually loves bacon. But I think that actually is a perfect point for discussion. I think bacon is fantastic...but not everyone will agree. In real life, no one is universally loved or universally admired... We shouldn't expect that everyone will love us (and if we are boastful and full of self-importance like Bacon, that will be even more true.). Also, each person should recognize that they are better with others than alone ("two heads are better than one") just as bacon is even better when paired with eggs or waffles...or all the makings of a BLT!
September 3, 2015
Silly and fun! Will be a great read aloud.
November 27, 2015
Fun and engaging illustrations, but an abrupt ending and no clear lesson (unless it's you'll get eaten if you're a jerk).
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December 4, 2015Kelly DiPucchio writes picture book gold. My favorite spread is the sad members of the BLT left behind in the fridge. Also, an unexpected twist of an ending.
April 23, 2015
I am probably one of three people in the world who absolutely detests bacon. Even vegans eat tempeh bacon but I run screaming from the house simply upon smelling the stuff. Nonetheless, I do grin at all the bacon paraphernalia that has popped up in recent years. Everyone (sans moi) Loves Bacon is hilarious! This would make a terrific coffee table book or gift for anyone. It is a clever and witty look at the phenomenon of celebrity. Bacon, see here as a sort of Justin Bieber figure, lives up his fifteen seconds of fame shunning his buds (lettuce, tomato, and Canadian bacon, eh?) Guaranteed to bring a grin to your face!
February 25, 2016
My 7 year old thinks it's hilarious!
We picked this up at the library because of the title, because of course, everyone does, in fact, love bacon. Now it's one of my 7 year olds favorites. Cute story with a good moral of not being prideful.
We picked this up at the library because of the title, because of course, everyone does, in fact, love bacon. Now it's one of my 7 year olds favorites. Cute story with a good moral of not being prideful.
September 1, 2015
This will make a fun read aloud because of the humor and the illustrations- I love the food faces!
September 25, 2015
Silly & witty. Kids will laugh. Would be a fun read aloud. Tie into lessons in humility. Pair with Pardon Me & I Want My Hat Back.
September 30, 2015
holy moly this book is hilarious. New favorite picture book. The ending is the best.
October 9, 2015
Read this during a slow moment at work. Was not disappointed. I feel like my life is infinitely better now that I know this book exists.
November 14, 2015
Loved it!
October 19, 2015
This book is super silly and would be great to share with the story time kids. I also felt sorry for poor French Toast. I think he was incorrectly profiled as a mean french man.
November 5, 2015
Hilarious! My first grader just read this to me..so funny.
November 14, 2015
I LOVE BACON!
May 26, 2016
Bacon!
There's also a nice lesson in here about not being a jerk.
Bacon!
There's also a nice lesson in here about not being a jerk.
Bacon!
September 28, 2016
Great end to a great story!
March 16, 2017
This is a rude, completely inappropriate book. Completely my cup of tea. And, yes, my cup of tea loves bacon.
December 19, 2017
I mean...come on...sometimes you CAN judge a book by its cover (or title).
September 27, 2022
This slice of bacon is a real ham. He loves to catch his reflection in a spoon-mirror and flirt with the condiments at the soda fountain. But can having fans be better than having friends? This sweet story has a funny ending and illustrations cute enough to chomp.
Check this book out at the Villa Park Public Library!
Check this book out at the Villa Park Public Library!
February 1, 2022
Rating: 4 leaves out of 5
Characters: 4/5
Cover: 4/5
Story: 4/5
Writing: 4/5
Genre: Children/Picture Book
Type: Book
Worth?: Sure
Kinda... dark for a kid's book. Lol
Characters: 4/5
Cover: 4/5
Story: 4/5
Writing: 4/5
Genre: Children/Picture Book
Type: Book
Worth?: Sure
Kinda... dark for a kid's book. Lol
August 27, 2025
Loved reading this to my kids. So funny!
January 27, 2016
One of my least favorite things is food that talks, sings, dances. I find myself deeply disturbed by cereal that bathes in milk or cookies that drive cars. I’m going to vote no on those storylines every time. I felt the same way about Everyone Loves Bacon. It’s fun… and then the bacon is eaten. The story is cute and the illustrations are lively; I wish it hadn’t been about…well…bacon. I do happen to love bacon with a side of eggs, but that bacon generally has nothing to say.
The book also perpetuates a rude stereotype that all French people are rude.
On another note, it’s not true that everyone loves bacon. Depending on religious or cultural traditions or family food preferences, there actually seem to be a lot of people who don’t like bacon at all.
The book also perpetuates a rude stereotype that all French people are rude.
On another note, it’s not true that everyone loves bacon. Depending on religious or cultural traditions or family food preferences, there actually seem to be a lot of people who don’t like bacon at all.
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October 25, 2017
Did you ever wonder what the music video for Tom Petty’s ‘Into the Great Wide Open’ would be like if Johnny Depp were bacon? This is it.
There is the bacon flavored hubris... if hubris is allowed in anthropomorphized meat, the flashy car and mustache. The only thing missing is the leather jacket with jingley chains. But that is a different animal entirely.
Solid read that always makes me want a BLT.
There is the bacon flavored hubris... if hubris is allowed in anthropomorphized meat, the flashy car and mustache. The only thing missing is the leather jacket with jingley chains. But that is a different animal entirely.
Solid read that always makes me want a BLT.
June 2, 2018
If you are a fan of not-so-happy-endings-but-the-lesson-needed-to-be-learned, this story will entice and please you! The illustrations are adorable and engaging, the text is upbeat yet... there’s a hint, every once in a while, that consequences might change the character’s fortune. Reminiscent of Klassen’s I Want My Hat Back and Bee’s Whatever, & Robin’s Guide to Bear Spotting, the ending might shock some readers.
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