Beautiful Oops!

By Barney Saltzberg

A spill. A smear. A smudge. A tear. When you think you have made a mistake, think of it as an opportunity to make something beautiful

A life lesson that all parents want their children to embrace: It's okay to make a mistake. In fact, hooray for mistakes A mistake is an adventure in creativity, a portal to 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 (now with 650,000 copies sold ), 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. A paint smudge becomes the face of a bunny, a crumpled ball of paper turns into a lamb's fleecy coat--celebrate the oops in life.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B00OHXB37A
• ISBN13: 9780761157281
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: Workman Kids
• Length: 28 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.9" x 7.0"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

changing mistakes is the lesson

Changing mistakes is the name of the game; you may make something "younique" (really special to the one and only you!)

Not great

The idea behind it makes sense but it was boring and my daughter didn't care for it. Not much excitement for a small kid.