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Table of Contents
About The Book
Are you in a hurry to wonder and worry
That new things you try won't go right?
When they simply don't work, don't go all berserk
Mistakes can grow wings and take flight.
Where would we be without big blunders? From Play Doh to penicillin, the Slinky to the Granny Smith apple, some of the best inventions started out as gigantic slip-ups.
From exciting new team Maddy Mara and Cheryl Orsini comes a blooper reel with amazing consequences and a reminder to all kids scared of trying something new: even the greatest mistakes can go right.
That new things you try won't go right?
When they simply don't work, don't go all berserk
Mistakes can grow wings and take flight.
Where would we be without big blunders? From Play Doh to penicillin, the Slinky to the Granny Smith apple, some of the best inventions started out as gigantic slip-ups.
From exciting new team Maddy Mara and Cheryl Orsini comes a blooper reel with amazing consequences and a reminder to all kids scared of trying something new: even the greatest mistakes can go right.
About The Authors
Photograph by Les Hallack
Maddy Mara is the pen name of Melbourne-based creative duo Hilary Rogers and Meredith Badger. Hilary and Meredith have been collaborating on children's books for nearly two decades. Hilary is an author and former publishing director; Meredith is the author of countless books for kids and young adults, and teaches English as a foreign language. Maddy Mara is the melding of their respective daughters' names.
About The Illustrator
credit to come
Cheryl Orsini started small and drew big! She has illustrated over seventy children’s books, including many picture books and several fiction series for young readers. She longs to be thought of as ‘controversial and edgy’ but is more often described as a good egg with a frightfully keen eye for a straight line.
Product Details
- Publisher: Affirm Kids (August 18, 2026)
- Length: 32 pages
- ISBN13: 9781922400802
- Ages: 4 - 8
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