Mistakes are hard! Mistakes suck! It's hard for people to take responsibility, and honestly... It's a huge learning curve for kids and adults! A Difficult Thing: The Importance of Admitting Mistakes is a great book to help readers learn a very difficult task!

I will say, I loved the illustrations! They were very beautiful and have quite the personality to them. I love a great set of artwork within a book. It's refreshing.

The book has very few words in it, and it told using a metaphor. It was a fun way to show this important value, and I really liked it!

Three out of five stars.

Thank you to NetGalley and Diamond Book Distributors for providing a free copy of this book in exchange of an honest review.

Wow, okey. That was a short and silent book, I really understand little about the lesson that this book leaves us, I only know what happened, but not the lesson, and that sometimes bothers me since I could not understand what the teaching of this book is.

This is a book by some boys who are on top of the mountain with a cart, since the cart had dropped a wheel, one of them is looking for it ...

Nice story told through pictures, although not what I was expecting. I like the use of the color scheme in reflection of the events and emotions, but it could be disengaging for younger children.

I would like to thank NetGalley and the author for providing me with this ebook.

A Difficult Thing is a cute read with a simple message - learn from your mistakes. I really like the color scheme but it could have been a bit more ... deeper? Easier to interpret?

A Difficult Thing is a simple and informative book all about saying sorry.

there’s a very simple color scheme going on and limited drawings. i was confused for who the target age group is because in my opinion, it feels a bit to plain for little kids and a bore for older kids. but in a situation where the theme of this book calls for, i think it’s perfect. i feel like it’s more for an individual rather than a group.

i loved the theme and how easy it was to get across. this book is really good and wording things the correct way.

A Difficult Thing: The Importance of Admitting Mistakes with its beautiful artwork in soothing tones of white and blue helps to effectively communicate the message of the importance of acknowledging one's missteps and the kind offer of forgiveness in this simple display of friendship. The difficulty we sometimes face in owning up to our wrongdoings can be likened to the metaphorical climbing of the mountain.

The entire point of this book is how important it is to say you're sorry when you've done something to hurt someone, even if it may be difficult to say. Readers of any age will be able to get the message. Maybe some parents could use it to accompany their own apologies?

A charming, largely word-free picture book with lovely illustrations. I'm just not sure who the target audience is. There's not enough action or excitement to entertain little ones who are just looking at the pictures, and although the overall message of "apologize, move on, things will be okay" is a nice one for teaching emotional literacy, this book may bore slightly older children. I've never had luck 'reading' wordless picture books to the children in my life, but as with all things, your mileage may vary. Worth a brief paging-through (as that's all you need to do here), but not going into any RA's I do for my library.

I like the simple color scheme and simplistic style of the art. I think this story was best done without words, making it very much an interpretive picture book. It's a nice message, but I also felt it was lacking something -- more weight to the sorry character's feelings? more context? - I'm not sure, but I felt it needed more for me to move my ok rating higher.

I really liked the illustrations on this book but if I hadn’t had the explanation of what it means, I never would have understood that was what it meant. I really dislike giving a bad review, but I read this twice and still few the same way.

An adorable, short, wordless story about learning from your own mistakes. Definitely is for children and younglings, and would teach them that admitting their mistakes can be a wonderful experience. :)

This tiny story of pictures has a good message and beautiful artwork. I picked it up because admitting mistakes is definitely a message I want to impart my 5yo and 3yo. The story shows one child working hard to help another sad child fix his broken wagon so they can play happily together again. I wouldn't say it so much shows "The Importance of Admitting Mistakes" since it doesn't show the fixer/helper child breaking the wagon to begin with - the wagon just starts off broken. But my 5yo said he liked it "a whole lot", and it was his second favorite of the four new books we read today. Thanks to Diamond Book Distributors and NetGalley for the free ARC!

Super short, but also impactful story. This is a good reminder for both kids and also adults. And the colours of the comic are stunning.

Not a fan, it was short and almost silent, and I don’t think the message is super clear. I thought the art was cute, and I liked the colour palette, but I don’t think there was much of a story.

This is a delightful graphic format book for everyone. Aimed at young children, it is a timely reminder for older readers and adults too, to say sorry. We all make mistakes, but too often we forget to say sorry.
The illustrations are two-tones of blues and white. Two friends have been working on a cart but after a mistake or argument and a possible storming off, the friends are separated. A lone wheel rolls down a hill. only to be found by one friend. A decision is made to return the wheel and apologies are made. Friends are reunited and we have a sweet, happy ending.
A lovely book to share with anyone, any age.

Such a simple but powerful message relayed just through sketches. The book depicts something which every adult and child struggle through.

A Difficult Thing: The Importance of Admitting Mistakes by Silvia Vecchini, is a brief, very nicely drawn graphic novel of the importance of apologising for mistakes.

The drawing is in two-tone blue and white, there are no words – well, apart from “sorry”.

The use of a cliff, or rock-face as a metaphor for how hard it can be to say “sorry” was clever, it was a real struggle in this story, as it can be in real-life. The happy end-result is a wonderful message for the reader to feel the positive impact on both the giver of the apology and the receiver.

A clever little book, with a beautiful message for young and old alike.

4 stars

I don’t dislike this. The art is very good and the story is quite heartfelt. But I’m a little mystified as to why it’s getting a print release. This seems rather more like an abnormally good web comic than it does a children’s book. In fact, I’ve read web comics for children that are not only longer than this by far, but also much more full of depth and nuance.

We so often hear that actions speak louder than words, but words carry their weight too. A simple apology can carry a long way, and this book was able to illustrate exactly that for its intended audience.

As for the illustrations, they were beyond par and incredibly scenic. I am unsure, however, which sub-audience the book is intended for as the monochrome might deter younger children's attentions.

A Difficult Thing does a lot with one total word and beautiful illustrations. I think this is a great one for kids to learn from and the adults who love them to remember the importance of admitting mistakes, now more than ever.