The Girl Who Never Made Mistakes: A Growth Mindset Book for Back to School for Kids Hardcover – Picture Book, October 1, 2011

This book is a favorite in our home and classroom. Beatrice’s journey from perfectionism to self-acceptance is told with warmth, humor, and just the right amount of heart. It sends an empowering message: mistakes are part of learning and living. Kids really relate to the pressure to “get it right,” and this book helps ease that by showing how freeing it is to let go and laugh at ourselves. The illustrations are playful and expressive, and the pacing keeps kids engaged. A great read-aloud for starting conversations about growth mindset and resilience.

Great book about teaching lesson on not always have to be perfect and be able to make mistakes is okay

My 4 granddaughter was always worried about making a mistake. She loves this book and now loves to mix things up. She laughs every time we read the story. Cute art work.

Got this for my perfectionist daughter to remind her it’s okay and even good to make mistakes.

Loved this book for my granddaughters! It taught them that it’s okay to NOT be perfect. What a breath of fresh air!

Update: I pulled it out to read to my younger child last night, who loved it at face value. What surprised me, however, was my older one (the original 5-year-old in this review). Besides loving the illustrated nods to her favorite comic strip these days, she is now old enough to read a bit more deeply. She pointed out, for example, that the crowd of fans in the beginning that disappear in the end are likely representative of the girl's internalized anxiety, which resolve when she is forced to confront her fear of failure, noting that they were drawn without color. She noticed details, like the girl hadn't changed her performance in 3 years, because she felt so much pressure to be perfect, both internally and externally, that she was afraid to do new things. Things drawn in gray (her fans, her father who proudly proclaimed that she didn't make mistakes, her teacher) were possible causes of her negative emotions.Lots to discuss in this book, even for slightly older kids!***My five year old with perfectionist tendencies loves this story. It's a nice reminder that nobody is perfect. It's cute, and the art is definitely more than a little reminiscent of Calvin and Hobbes (the little brother, the dad, the teacher at school, etc).

I read this to my students. It is a good book for kids to know it is fine to make mistakes.

So cute and great story. Finding stories that are heartfelt and inspiring is important to me. My 7 year old daughter loved it. It will be in our rotation for a while! ♥️