Perfect by Max Amato
Published by Scholastic Press on January 29th 2019
ISBN: 0545829313
Pages: 48
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A lovely entry into the growth-mindset picture book canon. Eraser likes things just so, clean and smudge-free. Along comes Pencil traipsing across Eraser’s clean pages, making marks with wanton abandon. No problem, Eraser will just…erase. But there are so many marks and finally, an entire page scribbled in by pesky Pencil. When Eraser discovers that this dark page presents an opportunity to make intentional marks, a whole new world opens up. In the end, Pencil and Eraser can work together to make something greater than either could accomplish alone. A lovely metaphor for finding flexibility in your thinking and for accepting that everything does not always turn out exactly the way you picture it in your mind. A fun read-aloud with clear, energetic illustrations, this one will be a hit.

Reviewed by Jill O’Connor, Merrill Memorial Library, Yarmouth