![]() She laughed, and the audience laughed along. So how did Beatrice react? Did she cry? No. On the night of the talent show, her worst fears are realized, and she makes her first mistake, a BIG mistake, in front of a large audience who expected perfection from The Girl Who Never Makes Mistakes. What if she blunders during the talent show? This almost-mistake causes Beatrice to worry for rest of the day. She slips during a cooking class, and narrowly avoids dropping her eggs. However, on this day, things go a little differently. We meet Beatrice on the day before the annual talent show in school (which she has won with her juggling act three years in a row).Īs we follow her through the day, we are given subtle hints that Beatrice has maintained her record of perfection by following the same routine each time, and avoided activities like skating where there was a risk of making a mistake. ![]() In contrast, she has a little brother Carl, who seemed to relish making mistakes (and having fun at the same time!) In fact, with this record of perfection, Beatrice was known as “The Girl Who Never Makes Mistakes” in her hometown. ![]() Nine year-old Beatrice Bottomwell was the perfect little girl – she never forgot her math homework, never wore mismatched socks, and always remembered to feed her pet hamster. ![]() The Girl Who Never Made Mistakes sounded like the perfect book to read with C. I chanced upon this book while searching for another title by Mark Pett (I was in fact looking for The Boy and the Airplane, but that’s a review for another day). ![]()
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