Those Shoes: (An Uplifting Tale of Friendship, Generosity, Facing Peer Pressure, and Making Thoughtful Choices – For Kids Ages 4-8)

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“In this witty, wise picture book, Boelts presents a kid’s-eye view of a consumer fad that rages through school at gale force.” — Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books (starred review)

All Jeremy wants is a pair of those shoes, the ones everyone at school seems to be wearing. Though Jeremy’s grandma says they don’t have room for “want,” just “need,” when his old shoes fall apart at school, he is more determined than ever to have those shoes, even a thrift-shop pair that are much too small. But sore feet aren’t much fun, and Jeremy soon sees that the things he has — warm boots, a loving grandma, and the chance to help a friend — are worth more than the things he wants.
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‘In this witty, wise picture book Boelts presents a kids-eye view of a consumer fad that rages through school at gale force.’– BCCB (starred review).

Also by Maribeth Boelts and Noah Z. Jones

‘Maribeth Boelts’s A Bike Like Sergio’s honestly, lyrically captures the heat, sweat and rollercoaster nature of a child’s ethical dilemma. Noah Z. Jones’s watercolor, pen and ink artwork has a free and sketchy style, expressive and thoroughly charming. A true stand-out from the author-illustrator team behind Those Shoes.’

—Shelf Awareness for Readers.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Candlewick Press (MA)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ 9 Jun. 2009
Edition ‏ : ‎ Illustrated
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 40 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0763642843
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0763642846
Item weight ‏ : ‎ 238 g
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 5 – 8 years
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 25.73 x 0.51 x 25.1 cm
Grade level ‏ : ‎ Reception – Pre-school
Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ AD550L
Best Sellers Rank: 591,373 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) 861 in Fiction About Values & Virtues for Children 2,101 in Children’s Books on Difficult Discussions 2,453 in Fiction About Emotions & Feelings for Children
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