Reader’s Annotation: This highly interactive book will have you thinking twice about tossing anything in the trash. Sometimes our mistakes turn into beautiful creations, just use your imagination!
Author/Illustrator: Barney Saltzberg
Age: 3 and up
genre/subject: Children's fiction, picture book
Plot Summary: There is no real plot. The book presents various types of "oopses" and the potential that each "oop" presents young artists.
Evaluation: The book is interactive, with pop-outs and flaps. Great inspiration for artists, young and old. Valuable life lesson; beauty is in the eye of the beholder!
Significance & Bibliographic Usefulness: Engaging book, not limited to text and illustrations. Artwork is alive.
Readalikes: The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds; or for contrast The Book With No Pictures by B.J. Novak
Awards/Lists: n/a
Links to reviews in professional review sources:
http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-7611-5728-1
Hook: Hooray for mistakes!
Ideas, Uses: Theme: mistakes. This is a great topic for little ones, as it is so important for each little one to know that mistakes happen, and no matter how big the mistake, they are still loved! An obvious idea is also to follow up the story with an art project. Perhaps using recycled scratch paper or pieces from the shredder. Taking something old, and seemingly ugly and turning it into something beautiful.
ISBN: 978-0761157281
Page Count: 28
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Workman Publishing Company
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