Snake's Big Mistake

<p><strong>Snake loves art class--until his project is a disaster and he makes a terrible mistake that hurts a friend. How will Snake fix his mistake? Acclaimed author-artist Sarah Kurpiel's <em>Snake's Big Mistake</em> is a picture book about art friendship apologizing and forgiveness for readers of <em>The Rabbit Listened </em>and<em> The Book of Mistakes</em>. </strong></p><p>For weeks Snake has looked forward to sculpting the most spectacular clay pot in art class. But when his pot breaks and his teacher confuses Snake's pot with Turtle's Snake takes home Turtle's masterpiece to show his family and pretends that he made it. Now Snake will have to craft a way to repair a broken pot <em>and</em> a broken friendship.</p><p>Combining a sensitive thoughtful text and irresistible illustrations acclaimed author-illustrator Sarah Kurpiel centers emotions that young readers can easily identify with such as anxiety guilt regret and embarrassment. <em>Snake's Big Mistake--</em>a companion to <em>Elephant's Big Solo--</em>is an excellent choice for social and emotional learning as well as story-time sharing. </p>