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Beautiful Oops!
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This book is perfect for young children and their parents, aiming to foster creativity, resilience, and a positive attitude towards mistakes during early learning. It suits educators and caregivers seeking to encourage imaginative thinking and emotional growth.
We all make mistakes. But little kids sometimes have trouble dealing with their mistakes, whether it's a piece of artwork they've torn by accident, or juice they've spilled on their favorite drawing. In this book, every page begins with a 'mistake' that ultimately unravels, lifts out, or pulls up to become a surprising work of beauty.
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A life lesson that all parents want their children to learn: It's OK to make a mistake. In fact, hooray for mistakes! A mistake is an adventure in creativity, a portal of discovery.
A spill doesn't ruin a drawing—not when it becomes the shape of a goofy animal. And an accidental tear in your paper? Don't be upset about it when you can turn it into the roaring mouth of an alligator.
Barney Saltzberg, the effervescent spirit behind Good Egg, offers a one-of-a-kind interactive book that shows young readers how every mistake is an opportunity to make something beautiful. A singular work of imagination, creativity, and paper engineering, Beautiful Oops! is filled with pop-ups, lift-the-flaps, tears, holes, overlays, bends, smudges, and even an accordion telescope—each demonstrating the magical transformation from blunder to wonder.
The smudge becomes the face of a bunny, a crumpled ball of paper turns into a lamb's fleecy coat—celebrate the "oops" in life.
Book Details
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ISBN: 9780761157281
Publisher: Workman Publishing
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 01 October 2010
Country: United States
Imprint: Workman Publishing
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Width: 179.0mm
Height: 179.0mm
Weight: 0g
Pages: 28
About the Author
Barney Saltzberg is the author of more than 30 books for children, including Beautiful Oops!, My Book of Beautiful Oops!, Good Egg and the bestselling Touch and Feel Kisses series. Additionally, he s recorded four albums of songs for children. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife, two dogs, and a pond full of fish.
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