Theme: Shoes

Dog in Boots

By Book Importer | Published: March 17, 2011

After reading “Puss in Boots,” an adventurous dog sets out to find the perfect pair of shoes to suit his every need.

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Shoes, Shoes, Shoes

By Book Importer | Published: December 7, 2010

“A simple rhyming text threads together the many colorful photos” (“Booklist”) in this fun and “interesting way to take an armchair tour” (“School Library Journal”) around the world.

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The Twelve Dancing Princesses

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

A magic cloak. A hidden passage. A secret underground world beyond imagining. Night after night, the princesses mysteriously wear out their shoes. But how are they doing it? The baffled king promises a great reward to any man who can solve the mystery. From the colorful flurry of the princesses’ dressing room to a captivating [...]

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Snipp, Snapp, Snurr and the Red Shoes

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

One day, Snipp, Snapp, and Snurr decided to buy their mother the perfect birthday present–a pair of red shoes. So they set out to earn some money. Things did not go exactly as planned, but in the end, Mother was very surprised!

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Josephine Wants To Dance

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

The popular wombat’s friendFrom the award-winning duo behind the bestselling Diary of a Wombat (the famous wombat even makes an appearance at the ballet complete with a tutu!), Josephine Wants to Dance encourages all readers to never give up and to always dance to their own music. Josephine loves to dance. She dreams of wearing [...]

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Grab Hands And Run

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

An El Salvadorian family flees political oppression in their homeland and takes a perilous journey north, through Mexico to America, where they hope they will find a better life. A ?compelling, provocative, and exciting novel.??V. ?Details of the brutal realities in El Salvador are dexterously woven into the story of one family?s struggle to beat [...]

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Bravo, Tavo!

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Tavo, named for his father Gustavo, plays basketball so much that his sneakers are worn out. His father is too worried about the drought afflicting their small village to focus on replacing them. Gustavo thinks he can solve the water shortage, but the other villagers say he’s crazy. Tavo puts aside basketball to help prove [...]

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Princess Smartypants Rules

By Kathy G. Short | Published: March 14, 2007

Princess Smartypants discovers that it is easier to capture evildoers and rule the kingdom of Totaloonia than to control one small baby.

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