Famous fails Mighty mistakes, mega mishaps & how a mess can lead to success!

Play-Doh was originally created as an unsuccessful cleaning agent, California was thought to be an island for generations, and McDonald's once tried and failed to peddle a burger made of pineapple. Failure is a universal human experience, even for the most notable figures in history. This book seeks to find the lessons that can be learned from misfortune by describing some of the biggest flops experienced by otherwise successful people and institutions. Nine intentional typos are included throughout the book to challenge readers to be on the watch for mistakes, while chapters organize failures into themes, such as sports, food, and architecture. The real highlight is a concluding chapter that connects stories of the perseverance and resiliency of people who fail to the experiences of young readers today. This book is a great example of self-help through real-world scenarios, delivered in the colorful and dynamic layout that is typical of National Geographic Kids books.--Anderson, Erin Copyright 2017 Booklist

This book employs National Geographic Kids' bright and busy magazine-style layout to tout failure as a means to achieve greater success. Examples include failed inventions, entrepreneurial miscalculations, scams, and other blunders. Each section discusses the (sometimes forced) lessons learned, and the hodgepodge volume concludes with a chapter on the therapeutic powers of losing. Ind. (c) Copyright 2018. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.