'Even More Fantastic Failures' is an informative and entertaining anthology. It contains stories of famous people and their big failures and their outcome.
The book shows failures as a part of the journey, not the end as we tend to think in our success-driven world. Reading this title was a great experience and learning curve for me.
'Even More Fantastic Failures' was educational and fun to read. Plus, the book had great illustrations.

I absolutely enjoyed this read! This is a book for kids and grown ups alike that talks about the stories of many different people in the public eye that have to deal with flops, mistakes and a few failures. From Barack Obama to Greta Thunberg this book conveys in an absolutely charming and also amusing way that even the most successful people struggled at one point in their life. I would absolutely give this my kids to read and to show them that when they struggle or fall, that doesn´t mean that they failed entirely.

Even More Fantastic Failure is a great collection of stories about real individuals who have failed in life and succeeded later. It has many popular people and many you might not have heard of, which not only made it interesting but made me learn a lot! In the back of the book it also includes films and books that include failure in them to highlight the struggles, and give you more options of things to watch and read. I also enjoy the cute exercises as the end.

Overall, I think this is a really useful educational tool and it is written in such a fun, lighthearted and comedic tone that I can see middle graders all the way up to adults enjoying it.

Four out of five stars.

Thank you to NetGalley and Beyond Words Publishing for providing me a free copy of this book in exchange of an honest review.

This was such an uplifting and inspiring read!
I loved the writing style, it made for a quick and easy read, very engaging.
I'll definitely take this book into account to recommend in the future to my friends and colleagues.

Excellent book for the classroom. Can be read all at once or in little chunks/chapters. Students will love it!

An amazing book that show that failure is not always bad instead to learn from them and proceed forward. This book has formatted in a way that will encourage the readers to look beyond the mistakes. You can read this a page at a time to the kids and I'm sure they'll understand and learn all the good lessons that this book has to offer.

This book is just great, I liked it very much it shows you a great things that came due to things or events, which were called failures or were actual failures, and led to happy events and great success.

I love a good nonfiction book, even one intended for a younger audience. I agree that it is important to educate young people about the importance of failure as well as success. This is the second book by Luke Reynolds about successful people who failed at things before they were eventually able to succeed.

I appreciate the diverse mix of people that the author profiles. It is incredibly important to show children that everyone can be successful, not matter who they are. I had my son read this book with me, which was a great help for this review! He was very interested in reading about so many different people who struggled early in their lives and careers. We had a frank discussion about the fact that we are in a position to have a sturdy roof over our heads, food on the table, and both of his parents have jobs that provide the resources we need to live. Along with this discussion, we talked about some of the people who were profiled in the book, about their beginnings and how they never gave up.

This book encourage my son to think about himself, his classmates, and life in a new way. I really felt like this was the point of the book and I am so happy that I was able to get an advance copy of this book to share with him.
I would recommend this title to any young readers!

I did receive a galley copy of this title in exchange for an honest review.

'Even More Fantastic Failures!' has a really great premise and lots of information for children. A mix of common knowledge figures like Barack Obama mix with those who are lesser-known like Virginia Apgar creating a nice blend. The thing that lets it down however, is the formatting of the E-version. Sentences get cut in half, and random letters appear in the middle of words. I would have given this 5 stars for the content but unfortunately because the formatting renders it virtually unreadable I would go with 2.5 stars.

The theme of each story became repetitive after awhile, but I appreciated the blending on new and historical people.

What a great way to show kids that it's OK to fail! Right now, as kids have low self-esteem and see failure as a weakness, this book shows them that it is a strength. My 9 year-old loved this book. I would definitely recommend it.

Even More Fantastic Failures True Stories of People Who Changed the World by Falling down first.
Elementary school, Middle School, High School, College, your first job.! Do you believe this is the path to success? If you believe this then you are NOT alone. We are taught from a young age that to be successful you need to succeed in grade school, you need to succeed in Middle School, you need to succeed in High School and your need to succeed in college. That success is seen in good grades, and club memberships. Even More Fantastic Failures shows us that that trajectory is far from accurate.. To succeed in life and make changes that impact the world one must encounter failure head on. In fact one can expect to encounter failure over and over again. One can also expect to put in endless hours of work that seems to lead no where. There may be moments that you are tempted to take an easier path. Sometimes taking that different course may be exactly what you need to do. But know that the struggle is worth it. The author, Luke Reynolds, shares many interesting facts about individuals who have found success and what it cost them. Barack Obama, Ta-Nehisi Coates (Between the World and Me), J.R.R. Tolkein,, Beoyce, Lyn ManuelJoan of Arc, Nick Foles (MVP player in the 2016 football season), Socrates, Mary Shelley (wrote Frankenstein) faced major challenges but they never gave up.. In the end the world benefited
I would recommend this book to middle school students and their teachers. It is an inspiration and full of many great discussion starters

I loved the book's description and while it did accomplish what it set out to relay, I can't say I really liked the it overall. It's wonderful for children to see famous people's struggles but I don't really see what President Obama's credit card debt has to do with his successes, nor do I see a child being interested in that kind of obstacle. Each figure faced different challenges but they were approached from an adult's perspective rather than a child's. Even though there is great information that some may appreciate, I can't say that I am one of those people.

Thank you NetGalley and Beyond Words Publishing for the opportunity to read an advance reading copy.

This book gave some really good information, but the organization of material made it difficult to understand and stay on topic. I would not recommend this book in this format.

Luckily I found more favour with this book as I went along through it. Sure, I liked the factoids about the young Barack Obama struggling to get to political conventions with maxed-out credit cards, and so on, but I found the author's approach really off – constantly interjecting the real-life stories with exercises in empathy, so the young reader might know what the subject felt like, and platitudinous life advice-manual rewrites telling us to stick at things until they're all alright in the end. What's more, a lot of all that felt done in such an OTT, heavy-handed manner, which was a great shame. But while I never managed to get over the cheesy devil's advocate openings to every chapter, presenting some cloudcuckooland version of the truth, I did find the worth in the book. It's almost as if it was designed to show it could be a success made of a failure itself. Chapters that came later, such as Socrates' unique style in getting known, and ones offering hints to a form of success that seem counter-intuitive, if not counter-cultural to the target reader, are where the book proves its worth. I still don't know what "now-epic" means in describing "Frankenstein" (is it now a thousand pages longer than originally written?), and it pretends Beyonce's execrable sextet on a TV talent show was a foursome, so it isn't a perfect success, but it does prove its virtues – eventually. Three and a half stars, or perhaps a B-minus.

This book details the failures of tons of famous people worldwide. Each chapter starts out with a sanitized bio--the version you'd get if there were no road blocks, no failures, no hiccups. And then it begins to tell the real story, of how things weren't so easy, and how things didn't always align perfectly for our hero or heroine.

Ultimately, as the into states, this book is to help young people (and adults) rethink what failure is and also redefine what success means to them. Sometimes our failures help us focus in on our purpose in life, sometimes failure helps us redefine our purpose. But ultimately, failure should be something we are all okay with.

I think this is a good book to help promote growth mindset and healthy attitudes around failure and pursuing our dreams. Society puts a lot of pressure on young people today, and books like this can hopefully ease that pressure while still setting them on a course for a bright future.

The writing is also pretty funny, and the examples used are varied in age, race, gender, ethnicity, and nationality.

This is the second book that Luke Reynolds has written about "Fantastic Failures."  I gave the earlier title four stars observing

"This book, written by a seventh grade English teacher, is replete with the biographies of those who faced significant challenges in reaching their goals.  Each entry starts with a fantasy description of how things went, before, more accurately, detailing the setbacks that were faced along the way. The author believes that it is important that young people focus, not on being perfect, but on risk taking and learning. He tells his own story of having been a poor student and then turning things around. The author offers comments to students suggesting coping mechanisms when they face challenges. This book is broad and expansive. It would be an excellent resource for students and school libraries."

I stand by these earlier comments while noting that in the introduction to this title readers will learn about the author's baseball experiences.  The message remains the same. Some of those featured in this volume include Socrates, Emma Gonzales, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Joan of Arc along with many more.  There are also sections called "The Flop Times" that are about people including Michael Phelp, Ta-Nehisi Coates and others.  Some of the entries in these sections are also about groups as for example the U.S. Women's Soccer Team.

This title is an inspiring resource that is written in a very readable style.  I highly recommend it for elementary school aged children.  The message of the book is so encouraging and hopefully will be welcomed by its readers.

Many thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for this title in exchange for an honest review.

Honestly, I didn't enjoy this book very much. There were some interesting insights into how famous inventors had failed (and additional details not often mentioned elsewhere) but the text layout was uninspiring, Somewhat claustrophobic, and I'd appreciate more pictures. You'd think the authors would want to show you something but...pages of text. However, it is a galley proof so maybe it will be updated.

What a wonderful book this is. Luke Reynolds' writing style is like listening to an author while he talks about the various known and unknown 'VIPs'. Every story about successful role models has a sort of twitch and the references are super useful for further discussions in class. Sometimes hilarious and itchy at the same time. An absolute must-have for middle school teachers.

I'm not one to voluntary peruse nonfiction titles unless it is a subject I have a clear interest in. After reading Reynolds' first book titled Fantastic Failures and its popularity among my students, I knew I had to read this one.

This book is a quick read and the chapters are relatively short. This allows this book to be read in multiple short sittings when having a long time to read is difficult. I read this book waiting for appointments, waiting in lines, and yes even while eating breakfast. Each chapter covers a different character and allows the reader to learn what they need without too much depth. It spans many subject areas, geographical locations, and time periods. This allows the reader to pick and choose which subjects might interest them more than others. The humor and writing style absolutely will be appealing to middle grade readers. A great addition to a nonfiction collection in an elementary school library.

The publisher generously provided me with a copy of the book upon request on NetGalley. The rating, ideas and opinions shared are my own.