Reading List: Picture Books about Making Mistakes

Making mistakes and having accidents are all part of growing up. Being able to admit you have made a mistake and, if necessary, say I'm sorry is a skill that can be learned. And, some mistakes actually turn out to be no mistake at all!

Picture Books about Making Mistakes:

Applegate, Katherine - Sometimes You Fly

Banks, Kate - The Eraserheads

Becker, Shelly - Even Superheroes Make Mistakes

Bernstein, Ariel - Where Is My Balloon?

Blabey, Aaron - Pig the Fibber

Blabey, Aaron - Pig the Pug

Carle, Eric - The Nonsense Show

Chichester Clark, Emma - Love is My Favorite Thing

Deedy, Carmen Agra - Rita & Ralph's Rotten Day

Dyckman, Ame - Horrible Bear!

Evans, Lezlie - The Bunnies' Picnic

Fliess, Sue - Mary Had a Little Lab

Horowitz, Ruth - Are We Still Friends?

Kang, Anna - Eraser

Kubart, Tim - Oopsie-do!

Luyken, Corinna - The Book of Mistakes

Meiners, Cheri J. - Be Honest and Tell the Truth

Meiners, Cheri J. - Try and Stick With It

Newman, Jeff - Hippo! No, Rhino

Parr, Todd - It's Okay to Make Mistakes

Rylant, Cynthia - Brownie & Pearl Make Good

Savage, Stephen - The Mixed-Up Truck

Scheffler, Axel - The Big Balloon

Steers, Billy - Tractor Mac School Day

Telchin, Eric - The Black and White Factory

Timmers, Leo - Bang

Tsurumi, Andrea - Accident

Wells, Rosemary - Fiona's Little Accident