The Magical Yet

This book is visually stunning and has an amazing message. The diverse characters and universal message makes this the perfect book for all kids at a large variety of ages.

This book is beautifully illustrated and has a great message. I read it each year to my class. There are always children who get overwhelmed and want to give up. This is a magical way to encourage them and it works every time! They quote it all year.

So I love this book!! I recently bought it on sale for my classroom, but I read it when I was student teaching. It’s the cutest story about how the little girl couldn’t do some things “yet” but she would one day! It’s a great way of helping little kiddos understand that they will one day be able to do the things they want to now. It shows it in a magical way. I can’t wait to read it for this year’s students!

Adorable power of yet themed book. Perfect for beginnng of the year.

my daughter loves this book, and it has a good message

It’s not the start of a new year, but it is the start of a new school year — so let’s talk growth mindset! Last January, I made a huge list of picture books to promote growth mindset, and you all LOVED that list (it’s still one of my most visited posts on my website!). Today, I’ve got a wonderful (relatively) new release to add to that list: The Magical Yet by Angela DiTerlizzi, illustrated by Lorena Alvarez. Let’s start with the enticing cover, surprise under the dust cover, and immaculately detailed endpapers. Lorena Alvarez, you have outdone yourself! This delightful, inviting work continues in every illustration throughout the book. My girls love finding the extra hidden details with each new reading, and I can’t get over how wonderfully inclusive they are! (I mean, I love the fact that the ballet class includes two boys!). And for the growth mindset message — just trust me that this book is the perfect way to start something new, whether a new calendar year, a new school year, or a new class or hobby. Teachers commonly talk with students about using the phrase “I can’t do that *yet*,” rather than saying “I can’t do that!” DiTerlizzi has personified “Yet” as a magical creature that comes alongside all of us (in a different form for each unique person...), stays with us, and grows with us as we grow and change. And in every situation, our Yets remind us that “if you keep leaping / dreaming, wishing — / waiting, learning, / trying, missing... / with the Yet as your guide, along the way, / you’ll do all the things you can’t do today.” This book has been on repeat in our house for the past month or so. In fact, we love it so much that we bought copies for the girls’ teachers this year, too... I figure this school year will look like no other for just about every kid (and teacher!) out there, so there’s bound to be a lot of opportunities for Yet to help them all out!

I just adore this book. If you're a caregiver, it's great for working on a growth mindset with your kid. If you're a kid, it's got a great cadence, beautiful art, and simplifies GM/resilience. We read this regularly for about a week, and all of a sudden my (fairly non-verbal) 2 year old was struggling with something and exclaimed "I can't do that... YET". My eyeballs almost popped out of my head. He has not stopped since then, nothing is insurmountable. My only regret is that I didn't really appreciate this book sooner. We had it in a stash in our basement for awhile because I wasn't sure it was age appropriate, but I really regret not putting it in every book bundle I give new moms. So if you're picking up another copy of Goodnight Moon to put in a baby shower basket... STOP and ask yourself, do you want to give them their 4th copy of Hungry Caterpillar? Or do you want to give them something that will grow with their child, expand their capacity and teach them that anything is possible? Learn from my mistakes!

I ordered this for my second grade class but read this to my kids at home (ages 4&8). They loved the illustrations and found the story relatable with practical examples. My 4yr old saw the picture of the bike and said, “I fell off my bike today but I’m still getting better at it.” It’s a very engaging story with a great message that the more you practice, the better you’ll get at those things you can’t do YET. I plan to do this with a literature extension and have my students write something they can do now but couldn’t do in the beginning of first, and then write something they are working on now. This is a new favorite that I plan to incorporate in the first 2 weeks of school every year!

Really amazing message for our kid, on perseverance and trying again and again for eventually mastering pretty much any skill or simply enjoying hobbies for the sake of it, without quitting the minute it gets tricky... I love the diversity in the characters representations! +non binary main character? which is awesome. Illustrations are wonderful.

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What a wonderful book. Beautifully written with sweet, but poignant rhymes, easy to understand (my 4.5 yr old daughter loves it), and a truly fantastic message. It’s about how everyone has a cute magical creature called their Magical Yet. It helps us believe in ourselves, get through the disappointments that are guaranteed, and lets us know that we’re not alone when we try again and again. It shows realistically discouraged, then determined kids practicing their way to eventual success and it’s really just a lovely messages. I’d buy it for any kid from about age 3 on up.

I realised my 5 year old son was struggling with his self confidence and not being “perfect” at things. Knowing about growth mindset, I set out to find a book aimed at children to encourage them to have a growth mindset and this one does just that. He loves the concept of the magical “yet” and regularly refers to it and asks to read the book. I have recommended it to many friends.

La historia y las ilustraciones son lo máximo, me encantaría pedir otro libro ilustrado por Lorena Álvarez! Pero lo de siempre con los libros pedidos por Amazon, la sobrecubierta llegó algo golpeada.