About This Book
Reach for this book when your child is struggling with the frustration of a failed project or when they express a perfectionist fear of making mistakes. While it looks like a technical book about architecture, it serves as a powerful psychological tool for reframing failure as a vital part of the learning process. By exploring high-stakes engineering errors, it helps children see that even the world's smartest experts get things wrong and, more importantly, figure out how to fix them. Through historical accounts of famous structures like the Leaning Tower of Pisa and the Tacoma Narrows Bridge, the book balances technical curiosity with themes of resilience and intellectual humility. It is perfectly pitched for middle-grade readers, offering a factual and fascinating look at how society moves forward by analyzing its blunders. Parents will appreciate how it turns 'oops' moments into a gateway for scientific inquiry and a growth mindset.
