Product Description

Wordplay with zip for the energetic preschooler.

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 new 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 idea of "Snowshoes" that are 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 guaranteed to set toes a-tappin' and funny bones a-laughin'.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1321803 in Books
• Published on: 2007-08-23
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 32 pages

Review
Defies both reader and listener to sit still... Ideal for reading aloud, this book encourages audience participation. (Bridget Donald Quill and Quire )

A feast of footwear fun. Artwork, rendered I pencil, watercolour and gouache, highlights the text's frolicsome nature. (The Canadian Children's Book Centre Best Books for Kids & Teens 2008 )

About the Author

Loris Lesynski has been wowing readers with her wacky wordplay for over 10 years. She is a popular visitor to schools, libraries and educational conferences across North America. She lives in Toronto.

Michael Martchenko is a multiple award-winning illustrator best known for his work with Robert Munsch. He lives in Toronto.