Oopsie the Oop: A Beautifully-illustrated Story About Finding Your Place in the World

by Tom Phipps

Oops are magical creatures that live in the wild and bring things to life. Oopsie is a clumsy little Oop who travels to the human world to play, but causes a great big mess!

Oopsie then meets another Oop who tells Oopsie it doesn’t have to worry about finding a colour yet, because it is already all of the colours of the rainbow. Oopsie then flies away to play as a Rainbow Oop.

Oopsie the Oop is a beautifully-illustrated story about finding your place in the world.

32 pages, Paperback

Published June 12, 2025

About the author

I grew up running around in the woods on a dairy farm. The neighbors would come over and we'd have big sings. In college I was something of an essayist. Then, I farmed for seventeen years and built banjos. Carol blew me away with her yarns, and I started writing with her. We spent the next couple of decades teaching on the Hualapai, Apache, Navajo and Paiute reservations, living clear out away from people, writing all the while. We recently crossed the Mississippi into Kentucky, and now I teach at Cairo High School, but we're still writing.

Reviews

[Jenny Szewiel · Rating 5 out of 5]

A charming story about exploring the world, making mistakes, and finding out who you really are. This is a charming book which I liked so much I gave it to my youngest niece and had to get myself another copy!