Growth Mindset Books

Embracing challenges and learning from failure

"I can't do it" versus "I can't do it yet." That single word changes everything. These books show kids what it looks like to struggle, fail, learn, and try again.

3,373 books

Infinity Ring #7

The Iron Empire

James Dashner

Ages 4–11

Percy Jackson

Percy Jackson and the Singer of Apollo

Rick Riordan

Ages 3–7

InvestiGators

InvestiGators: Braver and Boulder

John Patrick Green

Ages 4–11

The Shadow of Your Smile

Mary Higgins Clark

Thea Stilton #18

Thea Stilton and the Great Tulip Heist

Thea Stilton

Ages 8–12

The Golden Day

Ursula Dubosarsky

Ages 12–18

Investigators #6

Investigators: High-Rise Hijinks

John Patrick Green

Ages 6–9

InvestiGators #7

All Tide Up

John Patrick Green

Ages 4–11

A Fish Like Me

Jamie Sumner

Ages 4–11

Two Together

Brendan Wenzel

Ages 4–11

Narwhal and Jelly Board Book

Bubbles

Ben Clanton

Ages 3–7

Flat Stanley #1

Flat Stanley: A Flat Stanley Adventure

Jeff Brown, Jon Mitchell

Ages 6–9

Frankenstein #1

Frankenstein

Mary Shelley

Ages 4–11

Septimus Heap #5

Syren

Angie Sage

Ages 10–14

I'm So Not Pop Star

Kimberly Greene

Ages 4–11

Does My Head Look Big In This

Randa Abdel-Fattah

Ages 12–16

Magic Tree House #13

Racing With Gladiators

Mary Pope Osborne

Ages 6–9

Crescent City #1

House of Earth and Blood

Sarah J. Maas

Flat Stanley

Flat Stanley and the Lost Treasure

Jeff Brown

Ages 3–7

Cam Jansen #17

Cam Jansen: The Scary Snake Mystery

David A. Adler

Ages 6–9

A Twisted Tale

What Once Was Mine: A Twisted Tale

Liz Braswell

Ages 12–18

Alice #10

Alice in Lace

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

Ages 8–12

Geronimo Stilton #34

Geronimo Stilton, Secret Agent

Geronimo Stilton

Ages 8–12

My Father's Dragon #2

Elmer and the Dragon

Ruth Stiles Gannett

Ages 6–9