By Dinah King-Carter
It’s easy to feel down in the dumps when something doesn’t go your way. Whether you spill on your shirt, slip and fall, or have a major cake fail, it’s okay! Everyone fails! Fail-a-bration!, opens a new window by Brad and Kristi Montague, gives relatable and hilarious examples of mistakes that anyone could make. To truly celebrate our mistakes, the book gives real instruction on how to throw a true fail-a-bration, a party celebrating all our failures.
At a fail-a-bration, you can proudly share all the slip-ups and put our flaws on display. Fail-a-bration is the perfect read-aloud for encouraging kids to not just accept their mistakes, but to be proud of them. This lesson in embracing our flaws will go over well with any age group, thanks to the funny mistakes and the new idea of celebrating everyone’s failures.
For more picture books about celebrating mistakes:
Beautiful Oops!, opens a new window by Barney Saltzberg
Even Superheroes Make Mistakes, opens a new window by Shelly Becker
Ish, opens a new window by Peter Reynolds
Rosie Revere, Engineer, opens a new window by Andrea Beatty
The Smart Cookie, opens a new window by Jory John
