Each of the books below describes and depict characters and life situations in which having benefits the main characters. Children will enjoy these stories, and learn valuable life lessons from them as well!

Growth Mindset Books

1. Making a Splash: A Growth Mindset Children’s Book by Carol E. Reiley – Written expressly to teach growth mindset, this little book explains how working hard is the key to learning and achieving, not necessarily how “smart” you are.

2. Everyone Can Learn to Ride a Bike by Chris Raschka – No one is excluded when it comes to the “I Can” mentality; each child CAN reach their goals whether it be to ride a bike or anything else!

3. The Most Magnificent Thing by Ashley Spires – In this delightful book, a little girl learns that hard work and determination pay off, even if things are not easy.

4. How to Catch a Star by Oliver Jeffers – With a little flexibility and determination, you can reach your goals! Your students will learn this valuable lesson from How to Catch a Star.

5. The Girl Who Never Made Mistakes by Mark Pett – Don’t worry, she actually does make a mistake! And your young perfectionists will learn by her example how to get back up when you fall down.

6. Whistle for Willie by Ezra Jack Keats – Try, try, and try again, and you will succeed. That’s the moral of this sweet story about a boy learning to whistle.

7. Flight School by Lita Judge – The cute little penguin in this story just wants to fly, and it seems an impossible task. Is there any way he can do it in spite of his limitations?

8. Thanks for the Feedback, I Think by Julia Cook – Handling constructive criticism is a tough skill to learn. This story shows children how to accept and use kind feedback to better themselves.

9. Beautiful Oops! by Barney Saltzberg – It’s ok to make mistakes, and everyone makes them. Teach children that making mistakes is ok and an opportunity to grow and develop with this inspiring book.

10. The OK Book by Amy Krouse Rosenthal – Another book about not attaining perfection, The OK Book shows children that sometimes it’s OK …to be just OK.

11. Your Fantastic Elastic Brain is another excellent book that illustrates how our brains work and how we can stretch our brains and learn new things when we have a growth mindset.