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Those Shoes
Those Shoes
Author: Maribeth Boelts, Noah Z. Jones (Illustrator)
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 ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780763642846
ISBN-10: 0763642843
Publication Date: 6/9/2009
Pages: 40
Edition: Reprint
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
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Publisher: Candlewick
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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A small boy wants the new popular shoes. His grandmother says that they can't afford them. Slowly, almost every boy in his class has the new shoes. It's only him and another boy that don't.

He finds and buys a pair of them in a thrift store, but they're too small for him. He eventually gives them to the other boy that didn't have the shoes, either. Winter comes and they both run off in new boots.

Why I recommend it: The drawings are simple, not elaborate. It's constantly a current theme, a young person wants something that's popular and can't afford it. The home life isn't about two parents and a child. It's a grandmother raising the boy.


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