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Do It Bad: A Growth Mindset Book for Kids Who Learn by Making Mistakes
Hardcover
Publisher Price: $25.99
Publisher: Aha! Press
Published: Jun 6 2025
Pages: 30
Weight: 0.67
Height: 0.25 Width: 8.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
What if the best way to get better... is to be bad at it first?
When a young girl worries about not getting things right, her bold and brilliantly imperfect aunt steps in with the best advice ever: Do it bad! From clumsy roller skating and off-key guitar strumming to lopsided cakes and wobbly French, the two dive headfirst into trying-and messing up-together.
Told in beautiful, poetic rhyme, Do It Bad is a joyful celebration of imperfection, resilience, and the courage to begin before you're ready. With heart and humor, it encourages kids to embrace the messy magic of learning by doing-even if that means doing it bad at first.
Perfect for ages 4-8, this empowering picture book:
- Builds confidence through a relatable growth mindset message
- Features a heartwarming aunt-niece relationship
- Normalizes failure as a necessary and joyful part of learning
- Delivers a lyrical, read-aloud experience that grown-ups will love too
For any child who's ever felt afraid to fail, Do It Bad is a playful and profound reminder: the only way forward... is through.
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