Shoes, Shoes, Shoes

We made a classroom book of the shoes we wore over the school year and compared the types of shoes we wear in a large urban area to those worn by children in other places. The children identified all the colors, short boots like mine, etc. They found of lot to relate to in the book. Plus it was the right size for two friends to "read." Did I say they they told a story about each picture - it is a welcome addition to our library.

Great pics of shoes around the world. Wish it had the countries on each page and not just the back

Although marketed to the K through second grade crowd, my two year old granddaughter loved the book. Each page has a photo of people from around the world wearing shoes. Every page has a different type of shoes. The captions are very simple and not wordy so she loved my reading it to her.

Quite evidently, to perpetrate this book about shoes the author just put together 31 almost random photos depicting people from around the world. (Any photos, mind you: since everybody everywhere wear shoes, all photos will show, somewhere, a shoe or two. The fact that in a book called "shoes", shoes are prominent in only 3 of the 31 photos obviously didn't matter to the author.)Then she wrote brief (30 words) commentaries explaining where each photo came from.Apparently, that's all required to manufacture and publish a book, but to ensure some sales --if you wish to undertake a similar operation yourself-- I would suggest you pay a few bucks to a website which will consequently publish a good critical review. Also you should make sure a few friends will post laudatory comments at Amazon or similar.To obscure the inanity (the ultimate nothingness) of the book, it is convenient to call it a "children's book" --such a label seems to make everything forgivable.And that's it: Unsuspecting buyers (like me) will come out and buy your book. Even if the book sells badly, you will collect a few thousand dollars, anyway.Ah, America! Land of Opportunities!

My 17m old son loves shoes and this book was perfect for him. He flips though it himself and likes us to read it to him. The pictures are very colorful and from all parts of the world. The back of the book includes information on all of the shoes, country, origin etc.. A fun educational book.

Great quality and excellent service

This was a well put together book by Ann Morris. The pictures and topic are wonderfully multicultural. The children loved the photographs.

"Where ever you find them, shoes come in twos!"My daughter has loved this book ever since she turned 1 and still loves reading it almost daily. Great pictures, great rhyming words.