Synopses & Reviews
Review
“Banks folds reassuring messages about mistakes into this inventively illustrated title” —Booklist
“Kulikov delivers a dizzying visual stew that includes everything from the boys penciled and crayoned drawings, the erasers shiny opacity, a Sendakian Wild Thing and a big frothy wave evocative of Hiroshige.” —Kirkus Reviews
"This complex tale will intrigue those adventurers ready for a Jumanji-like experience of jumping into the arduous but rewarding creative process of persevering through mistakes." —School Library Journal
Review
“Banks folds reassuring messages about mistakes into this inventively illustrated title” Booklist
Review
Banks folds reassuring messages about mistakes into this inventively illustrated title” Booklist
Kulikov delivers a dizzying visual stew that includes everything from the boys penciled and crayoned drawings, the erasers shiny opacity, a Sendakian Wild Thing and a big frothy wave evocative of Hiroshige.” Kirkus Reviews
Synopsis
4 + 3 = 8?
Whoops That's not right.
Looks like a job for the eraserheads
The three eraserheads--an owl, a crocodile, and a pig--live atop three pencils in the land of paper, rulers, letters, and numbers. Their job is to help a little boy correct his mistakes. But one day they make a mistake of their own--and what happens next is something nobody expected.
Synopsis
4 + 3 = 8?
Whoops! Thats not right.
Looks like a job for the eraserheads!The three eraserheads—an owl, a crocodile, and a pig—live atop three pencils in the land of paper, rulers, letters, and numbers. Their job is to help a little boy correct his mistakes. But one day they make a mistake of their own—and what happens next is something nobody expected.
About the Author
In addition to The Eraserheads, Kate Banks and Boris Kulikov have also collaborated on Maxs Words, a School Library Journal Best Book of the Year, and its sequel, Maxs Dragon. Kate Banks lives in the South of France and Boris Kulikov lives in Brooklyn, New York.
Reading Group Guide
OOPS!
A Note from Author Kate Banks on Making Mistakes
Its no big secret—we all do it. I wrote The Eraserheads because I hoped to remove some of the stigma attached to making mistakes. I grew up in a house where mistakes, unless they were monumental, werent punished. If I made a mistake my Dad would say, “Good, theres a chance to learn something.” But when I went to school mistakes were often handled differently, with punishments that didnt fit the crime—reprimands, or low grades. Although these measures were designed to discourage further error, I suspect they kept many children from trying again.
I think most people would agree that some of the hardest and best lessons we learn are from mistakes. But if children cant learn to forgive themselves for small mistakes I think its going to be very difficult to forgive others for big ones. And personally I think thats one of the greatest mistakes anyone can make.