Beautiful Oops! by Saltzberg, Barney

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.

Author: Barney Saltzberg
Publisher: Workman Publishing
Published: 09/23/2010
Pages: 28
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.94lbs
Size: 7.00h x 6.90w x 1.20d
ISBN: 9780761157281
Audience: Ages 4-8
Award: NAPPA Gold Awards - Winner

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 08/23/2010
Kirkus Reviews 12/01/2010