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Like many other English majors of my era, I recall well spending a lot of time in college mining assigned texts from authors like Fitzgerald, Updike, and Dreiser, searching for a greater understanding of the idea of what it means to be “ American. A festive invitation to creative liberation.An American Marriage, by Tayari Jones. Saltzberg's trademark cartoon animals provide a sweetly childlike counterpoint to the artful scribbles and smears of gloppy paint. The interactive elements work beautifully with the photo-collaged 'mistakes,' never overwhelming the intent with showiness. Thanks to a telescoping pop-up, a hole is filled with nearly limitless possibilities. The folded-over paper can be a penguin's head a torn piece of newsprint can turn into a smiling dog with a little application of paint a hot-chocolate stain can become a bog for a frog.

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is just the beginning!' Spills, folded paper, drips of paint, smudges and smears-they 'all can make magic appear.' An increasingly complex series of scenarios celebrates random accidents, encouraging artistic experimentation rather than discouragement. “Clumsy kids will appreciate Barney Saltzberg’s imaginative book, which shows how mistakes (spills, tears, stains) can turn into something wonderful.” - Parents MagazineĪ pleasingly tactile exploration of the possibilities inherent in mistakes. A festive invitation to creative liberation. 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.Ī pleasingly tactile exploration of the possibilities inherent in mistakes. 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.

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.Īn 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 spill doesn’t ruin a drawing-not when it becomes the shape of a goofy animal. In fact, hooray for mistakes! A mistake is an adventure in creativity, a portal to discovery.

When you think you have made a mistake, think of it as an opportunity to make something beautiful!Ī life lesson that all parents want their children to embrace: It’s okay to make a mistake.

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