Beautiful OOPS

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is filled with folded, crumpled, die-cut, and lift-the-flap pages that will challenge the reader’s sense of play.

This deceptively simple and highly interactive board book has so much to offer readers of absolutely any age. I never leave reviews but, was so compelled to do so, as my 4 year old son can not put this book down! Libro encantador, con diseño muy creativo y gran calidad, que se convirtió en el favorito de mi nieto de 5 años desde la primera vez que lo hojeó. Barney Saltzberg is the author and illustrator of close to 50 books for children and has also recorded four CD’s of music for children. Barney Saltzberg is the author and illustrator of close to 50 books for children, including Beautiful Oops!My students come to me often wanting to redo a project or start their writing over on a new paper because they believe their work has been ruined by a smudge, random mark, or other mistakes. It would also be a good book to read before an art activity - inspiring kids to have fun with random scraps of paper or artistic "mistakes. I have always liked books that can help keep children from beating themselves up over silly little things. A spill on your clean, white sheet of paper can morph into a wild animal, a tear in your paper can be turned into a roaring alligator mouth. It's a nice length too - maybe about a 5 minute read but feels substantial so it's brilliant if you want a quick bedtime story, and it's solid enough for it to be safe in the hands of a small toddler.

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. 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. My daughter is 4 if she's drawing or painting it has to be "perfect" this book was recommended by a therapist we saw and it really has helped my daughter realise that mistakes happen and we can work with them. Perhaps give the students discarded items (candy wrappers, old magazines, broken toys) to use to create found art!

There is also a YouTube video of the book with a perfect song (also titled: "Beautiful Oops") in the background: http://www. He’s obsessed with it so much so that I’ve bought another copy to give to his grandad so it’s always there and they can read it together.

a fill-in artist’s journal), Barney Saltzberg’s books show young readers how every mistake is an opportunity to make something beautiful.Kids see firsthand as they go through the book that any smudge, smear or stain can lead to something absolutely marvellous - with a little imagination. My daughter has been struggling with making mistakes, it’s often the end of the world, but this book shows the opportunities created by little ‘mistakes’. When ever my children are up set for making a mistake I always remind them that Pre- K is for making a mess and it is O. the cardboard page is actually torn) "is just the beginning": the beginning of a smile for an alligator. The whole goal of this book is to show children that by making a mistake it is not the end of the world.

In this book, every page begins with a ‘mistake’ that ultimately unravels, lifts out, or pulls up to become a surprising work of beauty. You could even invite students to come up to pull the different tabs to demonstrate a mess turning into a masterpiece! Kids see firsthand as they go through the book that any smudge, smear or stain can lead to something absolutely marvelous – with a little imagination. Packed with flaps to open and stunning paper-engineering, each page generates a sense of wonder and excitement for the reader, as they uncover each ‘beautiful oops’ created from the mishaps.The smudge becomes the face of a bunny, a crumpled ball of paper turns into a lamb s fleecy coat celebrate the oops in life.