Everybody has tantrums (kids and moms) in this tender yet funny picture book about an especially impossible-to-put-on pair of shoes—from New York Times bestselling author Julie Fogliano and three-time Caldecott Honor winner Marla Frazee, creator of The Boss Baby.
Even when it’s time to put on our favorite shoes and leave the house, and even when that time turns into a tantrum where someone can’t stop screaming, or flopping on the floor, or throwing a shoe across the room, and someone is making their maddest face and everyone else is waiting . . . Even then, nothing can come between the loving bond of a mother and their child. Not even a shoe.
With expressive text from bestselling author Julie Fogliano and timeless art from three-time Caldecott honor medalist Marla Frazee, here is a story that takes readers through a downward spiral of a shoe-inspired tantrum and is a reminder that even in moments of frustration, we are always our most lovable selves.---from the publisher
40 pages 978-0593707401 Ages 2-5
Keywords: shoes, dealing with anger, tantrums, frustration, unconditional love, understanding others, fun, humor, family life, 2 year old, 3 year old, 4 year old, 5 year old, Social Emotional Learning Curriculum
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Sometimes I open a box of books and look at them one by one and I begin to wonder if we are creating pictures books for kids or adults these days. I yearn....yes there is yearning... for a CORDUROY or a FROG AND TOAD to show up that is meant to meet kids right where THEY LIVE not so much where we want them to live.
Soooooo.....when I found this little gem I was ecstatic. Yes, there was ecstaticness going on. (Be gone you yearning you.)
This may be hard for you to imagine she said with her tongue in her cheek, but sometimes in other people's houses kids get very frustrated and they get really mad and throw a whooping and whopping temper tantrum. In this story the villain is a shoe- truly a natural enemy of most children.
This shoes will NOT GO ON. Not happening. No matter how hard our heroine tries.
So, what happens next? How will this "shoe-inspired tantrum" resolve? Will there be damage? Will feelings be crushed? Stay tuned dear friends. We are in the hands of two geniuses - Julie and Marla - and they will not disappoint us.
Hooray for people who write for real children. Their stories lift us all.
Don't miss it.
Recommended by: Barb Langridge, abookandahug.com
