Children's Fiction Stories In Verse
Shoe Shakes
- Publisher
- Annick Press
- Initial publish date
- Sep 2007
- Category
- Stories in Verse
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9781554511068
- Publish Date
- Sep 2007
- List Price
- $19.95
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781554511051
- Publish Date
- Sep 2007
- List Price
- $9.95
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Recommended Age, Grade, and Reading Levels
- Age: 4 to 7
- Grade: p to k
Description
What would happen if your shoes shook you?
If they pulled you to the park and they zoomed you to the zoo? Find out in this unconventionally active celebration of feet in motion by a much loved children’s poet.
Loris Lesynski definitely knows how to get kids clapping their hands and stomping their feet. In Shoe Shakes, a collection of 10 poems, she set her sights on preschoolers who get a kick out of wacky sounds and off-the-wall ideas. Rhythm lovers will hit the ground running with the join-in beat of “The Boot Boot Bounce.” Kids will giggle at the thought of “Snowshoes” that are shoes made from snow, and will pause to ponder “Feet Thoughts.”.
Complete with uproarious illustrations by Michael Martchenko and surprises on every page, Shoe Shakes is a guaranteed to set toes a-tappin’ and funny bones a-laugin’.
About the authors
LORIS LESYNSKI is a bestselling author of brilliantly funny poems, and a frequent visitor to schools where she gets kids excited about poetry. She lives in Toronto, ON.
MICHAEL MARTCHENKO est né à Carcassonne, en France. Il s'installe au Canada avec sa famille alors qu'il a 7 ans. En 1966, il décroche son diplôme du Collège des arts de l'Ontario et devient bientôt directeur d'une agence publicitaire. C'est lors d'une exposition d'art graphique que Robert Munsch découvre le travail de Michael Martchenko. Michael a reçu le prix Libris 2006, Illustrateur de l'année.
MICHAEL MARTCHENKO has illustrated dozens of books, and is most famous for his work with Robert Munsch, including Smelly Socks (Tes chaussettes sentent la mouffette!), Makeup Mess (Maquillage à gogo) and We Share Everything! (On partage tout!). He lives in Burlington, Ontario.
Awards
- Joint winner, Top 25 Books for Kids List, Amazon.ca
- Joint winner, 100 Best Canadian Kids’ Books, Today’s Parent Magazine
- Joint winner, Best Bets, Ontario Library Association
- Short-listed, Next Generation Indie Book Awards
- Joint winner, Best Books for Kids & Teens, starred selection, Canadian Children’s Book Centre
- Joint winner, The Year’s Best List, Resource Links
Editorial Reviews
“A feast of footwear fun . . . an innovative and refreshing addition to a classroom unit or library storytime on clothing.”
Canadian Bookseller, 11/07
“Perfect for sharing and reading aloud . . . a wonderful introduction to reading and poetry.”
CM Reviews, 11/07
“Irresistible . . . exuberant . . . defies both reader and listener to sit still.”
Quill & Quire, 12/07
“Perfect for sharing and reading aloud . . . a wonderful introduction to reading and poetry.”
CM Reviews, 11/07
Librarian Reviews
Shoe Shakes
Look down! Do your feet and footwear have stories to tell? Loris Lesynski believes they do, and she has crafted a collection of ten delightful poems which focuses on these aids to mobility.To most people, feet and shoes are for getting from Point A to Point B. However, to those with vivid imaginations they can be so much more. In the poem entitled “Shoe Shakes,” Lesynski explores flying shoes, jumping shoes, tapping shoes and more.
“BUT WHAT IF... my shoes shook me? And your shoes shook you? And they pulled you to the park? And they zoomed you to the zoo? And they swung you up the stairs... bouncing like a kangaroo?”
There are poems exploring boots, snowshoes and magic shoes. Interspersed are gems such as “Sailing”, where the inside of a house transforms into a ship and the rain becomes the sea, and “Ant’s Eye View” which describes the Herculean efforts of an ant crawling from a child’s ankle to his knee.
Loris Lesynski’s poetry collection is rhythmic, exuberant fun and is perfect to chant out loud using an expressive voice. The employment of a variety of fonts and word placement on the page add to the visual interest, as do Michael Martchenko’s uninhibited pencil, watercolour and gouache illustrations. Martchenko is an astute observer of the expression and antics of creatures great and small, and he playfully captures their individuality in his artwork. Readers will identify with the characters he has so energetically and affectionately brought to life.
Shoe Shakes will be a favourite of preschoolers and primary grade children, as well as those who read to them. This vibrant poetry collection will get your toes a-tapping!
Source: The Canadian Children's Bookcentre. Fall 2007. Vol.30 No.4.
Shoe Shakes
Rain boots / snow boots / go boots / go! In 11 poems, the author-poet serves up a feast of footwear fun. Artwork, rendered in pencil, watercolour and gouache, highlights the text’s frolicsome nature.Source: The Canadian Children’s Book Centre. Best Books for Kids & Teens. 2008.
