Joelle the Whale Shark Grew and Grew: Growth Mindset by Ben Okon

A fun way to learn to use a GROWTH MINDSET, a method proven to improve educational/career outcomes for children AND adults by building resilience and perseverence through challenges.

Younger Me Academy was rigorously developed by a Google strategist as the perfect read-along adventure series for families who love to learn together: Earned a coveted 5-stars from Reader's Favorite, featured in top literary magazines like Foreword, set a record as "#2 Most Popular" product on a leading global crowdfunding platform, and received accolades from top educators and industry leaders at Apple Media, Hanover Research, Betterment, and more.

Nobody wants to fail. But research on failure suggests that people who fail with a Growth Mindset―by embracing challenge, viewing effort as a path to mastery, and viewing failure as temporary―tend to have greater long-term success than those who never failed at all. Join Joelle, an already-large whale shark, as she learns that true growth comes from resilience in the face of failure.

Why GROWTH MINDSET is Critical for Kids and Adults

Children with a growth mindset do better in school and have more mature behavioral outcomes (Burnette, Billingsley, et. al. 2023). Similar studies show that adults who persevere through failure have more success than those who never failed (Siegler, 2016).

Finally, correlational studies have shown that when parents have a Growth Mindset, their children are more persistent when facing challenging problems (Smiley 2000, Jose/Bellamy 2012).