babayagareads's review
3.0
Not ideal for a read-aloud, but it is a great bed time book, or great to open up the conversation about how literally everyone makes mistakes sometimes.
anniecolon's review
5.0
Nice simple book with fun illustrations. Moral: owning your messes, apologizing and helping (rather than running away).
dawnoftheread's review
4.0
This is a very cute book, and kids will enjoy pouring over the illustrations...but it really stressed me out!
adventures_of_a_french_reader's review
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
5.0
A nice little book to remind all of us that accidents do happen ;)
literarystrawberry's review
5.0
One of the little boys where I work has been really into books lately, so I've been signing out books I like from the library to read with him. This is currently one of his favorites, and I don't mind reading it over and over because there are /so many/ details in the illustrations, you can almost always spot something new. Last week while running around with another kid, he ended up bumping into his friend, and immediately said "It was an accident, Billy-- an accident," and then ran to get the book, showing it and saying "See? An accident!" When I first started working with him, aged a little under four, he had very limited language-- mostly one word requests, like "car" and "ball", and even those often needed to be prompted-- so it really makes me happy how much he's talking now at five, and to see him picking up new words and concepts like this. His other favorites so far have been The Monster at the End of This Book and Goodnight Already; I'll have to keep searching through the children's room at the library for new offerings.
sunny76's review
4.0
Lots of accidents convince some little ones to run away to the library. There are tons of things to talk about in the illustrations.
agudenburr's review
4.0
A super funny book about accidents, how they are OK if we apologize and help make it better. Written with comic book elements and lots of detail so it would be a better one-on-one read.
karybookqueen's review
4.0
Great for storytime and teaching kids new vocabulary for already known words. Disaster = calamity, mayhem, catastrophe! Super fun to read.