ISBN 9780399536007 RRP $13.95
I was lucky enough to receive a Galley Proof for Keri’s new book MESS. My 2 year old grabbed the book and asked if she could draw in it. I had not even read the title and snapped back NO that’s mummy’s book. She informed me it was a drawing book and proceeded to look for a pencil.
After reading the introduction I thought wow, what better way to MESS up this book than to let me 2 year old have a go.
What am I talking about?
You may be familiar with her best selling book “Wreck this Journal
” where Keri provokes her readers to Wreck the journal by poking holes in pages, tearing things up and much much more.
Well MESS (the book) is pretty much the same thing, the book is filled with directions on how to MESS up the book with quirky challenges to inspire you to be creative. Not only by yourself but with others too with several pages being directed to Groups.
Edited to add: Now that my children are older I can truly appreciate the importance of children learning that imperfection is okay. I have two children who like to get things right all the time. This book is something we have revisited to show them that mess is not only creative it is also an important step in life, that can be acceptable.
