The Invisible Mistakecase

by Charise Mericle Harper

Even on beautiful days, bad things can happen. Bad things like Charlotte calling her best friend, Kate, a big pink baby, and Kate crying all the way home. Charlotte feels awful . . . in fact, she feels so awful she can’t even eat her pizza and french fries. It was that bad.

Then Grandpa shows Charlotte his invisible mistakecase . . . and she doesn’t believe her eyes! It’s a place where he keeps reminders of all the mistakes he never wants to repeat. Could Charlotte possibly have a mistakecase of her very own?

32 pages, Hardcover

First published October 24, 2005

Reviews

[Melki · Rating 4 out of 5]

Charlotte instantly regrets calling her best friend a name, and her grandfather shows her how to make things better again. I wasn't wild about the artwork, but the story is nice, and offers a good lesson in getting along.

[Kate Callen · Rating 4 out of 5]

The story of a little girl who upsets her best friend and then feels bad about it, and how her grandfather helps her work out how to make things right.

[LuAnn · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good character book. A wonderful way to take care of those mistakes we make and never want to make again. Especially name calling and lying.

[Bookslut · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was an AWESOME kids book. I loved it, the kids were riveted, it had a moral lesson without obviously trying to teach a moral lesson, the illustrations were great. Could not be more impressed.

[Susan · Rating 4 out of 5]

A simple and engaging book about learning from mistakes and moving on.