Perfectly Imperfect

It's Friday and it just feels like time for a book review.

{Am I the only one who misses PPBF?} 

Yesterday I went to Barnes & Noble to pick up a book I'd ordered, 

and here's the bonus find that made its way home with me. 

(As an aside, I was going to be named James had I been born a boy).

Anyway, this little treasure is packed with valuable gems ready for mining. 

Here's my favorite page, where the problem begins:

The beauty is ... this is so so real.

And, just like in real life, the story morphed.

It wasn't that James said she thinks she's perfect.

It's that James said he thinks her artwork is perfect.

But you know how misunderstandings go ... and now ... 

they're in a fight ... or at least ...  

in our narrator's heart and mind they are. 

Check out a review {here} and {here}.

I see this jewel as the perfect springboard to target and help stop

rumors, gossip, and distrust in their tracks.

The protagonist never does go to the source, to James, to get the truth, which is perfect, because it allows the reader to arrive at that solution by him or herself.

For enrichment, the Telephone Game? What a perfect idea!

Or adapt this lesson and let the glitter represent rumors instead of germs. 

You might want to also treat yourself to this intriguing article:

What Art, And The Game Telephone, Teach Us About Copying.

 Just for fun.

Compare and contrast this book to The Secret Olivia Told Me.

Get yourself a red balloon and inflate it to show how

quickly rumors grow before they eventually explode.

Then ask your children to draw something perfectly imperfect. 

To stretch them.

To nurture their creativity. 

And grow their mindset.

And play this clip to seal the deal (thanks, Lauren!).

Check out this book; I think you'll be perfectly pleased.