Stories about perseverance

These storybooks follow a child who tries, fails, and tries again: learning to ride a bike, building a tower that keeps falling, practicing a song until it sounds right. The structure is deliberately simple. Readers see the attempt, the setback, and the next attempt, and by the end they understand that the trying was the point. The collection suits kindergarten through grade 3, and it is a natural fit for introducing growth mindset because the stories show the idea instead of naming it. Reach for one when a child is about to give up on something. Several were written by children who were themselves in the middle of learning the thing, which gives the stories an honesty that stock books miss.

17 stories

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