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The Big Box of Blocks
BLOCKS! LOTS OF BLOCKS! That’s all Victor wants for his birthday. But building a castle with his new blocks becomes a bigger problem than poor Victor ever thought!
As each of his castles is whapped, smashed or knocked down, Victor thinks of wilder and wilder ideas to make each one stronger and better. But in the end, he still needs your help. With it, maybe, just maybe Victor’s castle will finally stay!
As each of his castles is whapped, smashed or knocked down, Victor thinks of wilder and wilder ideas to make each one stronger and better. But in the end, he still needs your help. With it, maybe, just maybe Victor’s castle will finally stay!
27 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 22, 2012
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June 12, 2017
A Lesson in Positive Persistence
I like the artwork in this book. It's bright, cheery and illustrates the text well, but what I really like about The Big Box of Blocks is that it allows children to *discover* that persistence with adaptation works. This allows a child to feel that they have temporary setbacks and not failures.
There is a quote by Calvin Coolidge, "Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
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I think that blindly following the advice in this quote is probably responsible for many miserable lives. How many flies have died because they blindly persisted in trying to get out of a window pane when they could have flown six feet away and flown out another door or window? I don't know, but every year I find several of them.
I realize that Calvin Coolidge made this speech during wartime, and it had its place. But, I feel it is so important for a child to figure out that the key to many life successes is the combination of adaptation and persistence.
In the Big Box of Blocks the character models adaptive persistence, and it's done with humor.
I recommend buying this book, reading it aloud with a child and having a discussion about persistence. Let the child tell you what he or she has learned. You're likely to both have better lives as a result.
I purchased this book at full price. I was not paid to write this review.
I like the artwork in this book. It's bright, cheery and illustrates the text well, but what I really like about The Big Box of Blocks is that it allows children to *discover* that persistence with adaptation works. This allows a child to feel that they have temporary setbacks and not failures.
There is a quote by Calvin Coolidge, "Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/qu..."
I think that blindly following the advice in this quote is probably responsible for many miserable lives. How many flies have died because they blindly persisted in trying to get out of a window pane when they could have flown six feet away and flown out another door or window? I don't know, but every year I find several of them.
I realize that Calvin Coolidge made this speech during wartime, and it had its place. But, I feel it is so important for a child to figure out that the key to many life successes is the combination of adaptation and persistence.
In the Big Box of Blocks the character models adaptive persistence, and it's done with humor.
I recommend buying this book, reading it aloud with a child and having a discussion about persistence. Let the child tell you what he or she has learned. You're likely to both have better lives as a result.
I purchased this book at full price. I was not paid to write this review.
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