Learn how much your brain can grow! The perfect introduction to growth
mindset, Your Fantastic Elastic Brain: Stretch It, Shape It is:
- A growth mindset book for kids
- A teacher must-have for classrooms
- The best resource for anyone to teach growth mindset
Did you know you can stretch and grow your own brain? Or that making
mistakes is one of the best ways your brain learns? Awarded as one of
the best growth mindset books for kids, Your Fantastic Elastic Brain:
Stretch It, Shape It teaches all the ways that the brain can develop
with exercise, just like the rest of our bodies.
Educator and psychologist Dr. JoAnn Deak offers a fun and engaging
introduction to the anatomy and functions of the brain that will empower
each young reader to S-T-R-E-T-C-H and grow their fantastic, elastic
brain!
Looking for award-winning picture books for curious kids? Your
Fantastic Elastic Brain is the perfect fit. Dr. Deak shares information
in ways that are accessible for parents, teachers, and children alike.
Delightful illustrations with accurate details foster motivation to
learn and grow in new ways. This book is an excellent companion to
Beautiful Oops, The Girl Who Never Made Mistakes, I Can't Do That
YET, The Most Magnificent Thing, and Bubble Gum Brain.
Awards for Your Fantastic Elastic Brain:
- The Mom's Choice Gold Award
- The Moonbeam Gold Award for Non-Fiction Picture Book
- The Pewter Gold Ink Award for Distinguished Printing
- The Parent's Choice Silver Award for Interior Design, Children's/Young
Adult
- The Nautilus Silver Award for Children's Non-Fiction
- The IBPA Benjamin Franklin Silver Winner for Interior Design,
Children's/Young Adult
- Next Generation Indie Award Finalist for Children's/Juvenile
Nonfiction
Praise for Your Fantastic Elastic Brain:
Dr. Deak has done a masterful job of creating a book for children,
parents, and teachers to learn about the human brain together. The
information is accessible and understandable, with illustrations that
are engaging, fun, and alive! This is great reading material for
everyone and will elicit many expressions of 'Now I get it!' from the
adults!--Fretta Reitzes, Director, Goldman Center, 92nd Street Y
Your Fantastic Elastic Brain is a wonderful, engaging book for parents
and teachers to read with young children. It presents accurate
information about the brain and how it relates to our lives...fostering
motivation to learn and grow, consistent with our programs and research
led by Carol Dweck, PhD.--Eduardo Briceño, Co-Founder & CEO, Mindset
Works
Dr. Deak writes in a clear and interesting way about the complexity of
the human brain, enhancing the knowledge of teachers and students. This
book is a real contribution to the field of education in the
twenty-first century.--Joyce S. Pickering, Hum.D., Executive Director
Emerita, Shelton School & Evaluation Center
