Oopsie-do!

PreS—Mistakes happen to everyone and in Kubart's tale a preschooler makes many over the course of her day. The text encourages her, "Forget all the flub-ups and mess-ups you make. No reason to fret if you make a mistake! Just say Oopsie-Do!" While the story addresses the mistakes (spilling snacks, buttoning a coat wrong), it's Richmond's bright and appealing illustrations that hold the most significance. The girl receives help from her friends and teacher and father, though some errors she embraces fully on her own. One particularly good page shows her accepting a mishap in art class to make her painting even more wild and splattered than it was before. Mistakes also happen from other people, such as her younger sibling getting spaghetti on a beloved stuffed animal, but the same rules of forgiveness and understanding apply to everyone. The refrain of "Oopsie-Do" is repeated after every slip-up and does get a bit tiresome by the end of the book. An original song from Kubart is promoted on the cover, making this a potential sing-along.