Beautiful Oops!
Beautiful Oops!

Beautiful Oops!

Written by Barney Saltzberg
Hardcover
$16.99
$15.97
3 - 8
Reading age
28
Page count
AD320L
Lexile measure
Sep 23, 2010
Publication date

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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. An award winning, best-selling, one-of-a-kind interactive book, Beautiful Oops! 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.

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    Near the very top of my list of things I want my children to learn is to not be afraid of mistakes or failure—they're simply part of the process. The interactive way multi-media mistakes are transformed in this book into quirky artwork is endearing and keeps the mood light and my little reader busy while I read the slightly more serious message present in the text. My toddler wants this "again" and "again", and thus far it's been sturdy enough to withstand toddler exploration, which is a plus!

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The Creative Behind the Book

    Author
    Barney Saltzberg

    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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Book Details

ISBN
9780761157281
Publication Date
September 23, 2010
Publisher
Workman Publishing Company
Original Publication Date
September 9, 2010
Page Count
28
Audience
Picture
Reading Age
3 - 8 years
Lib. of Congress (LCCN)
2010035685
Lexile® Level
AD320L
Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
~J
Est. ATOS® Book Level
~2.4

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