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. Review: Must read for kids - Extremely well written and illustrated... Teaches but not preaches.... Empathy, compassion, kindness are depicted along with a peek into the reality of a small boy Review: Love the book - A must read for all the kids
| Best Sellers Rank | #1,828 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #1 in Exploring North America for Children (Books) #2 in Children's Fiction on Violence #4 in Children's Nonfiction on Violence |
| Customer Reviews | 4.8 out of 5 stars 2,250 Reviews |
P**T
Must read for kids
Extremely well written and illustrated... Teaches but not preaches.... Empathy, compassion, kindness are depicted along with a peek into the reality of a small boy
R**I
Love the book
A must read for all the kids
D**I
Five Stars
This was a very useful book for me to convey the idea of being grateful! Lovely story
A**U
Five Stars
Kids get to know difference between wants and needs
Z**A
Great message
Very useful message conveyed in this book. Its one for keeps
C**T
Nice gift
Fun story. Good book for children. Quality.
M**N
Beautiful, moving story
This is a wonderful story to read to children because it really gets into their world. It reflects the fact that children desperately want to fit in, and so often this can get expressed as a fixation on getting 'the latest thing'. I could barely read it towards the end because I had to hold back the tears. A gorgeous book!
P**L
Important Concepts to Teach to young ones
In a world where we give our kids lots, we need to also teach them about the difference between NEEDs and WANTs. This also teaches them about empathy. Wonderful book.
O**A
My sons love this book
I bought this for my kids to add some more diversity in to their book collection and I can't be sure which part of the story it is they love, but all three of them (4, 5 and 7 years) LOVE this book and we read so often, even after having it a year! And it's a great one to open up a number of interesting conversations about various social issues.
D**G
Great book about virtues
This book is great to read to kids
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