Has it ever happened that your SHOES shook YOU?
That’s what goes on in Shoe Shakes, my latest book, illustrated with the incredibly funny artwork of Michael Martchenko. It was written with three-year-olds in mind, but all ages seem to enjoy it.
Here’s an interesting thing going on in grade seven classes: the teachers have their students take a look at Shoe Shakes and my earlier book, Zigzag: Zoems for Zindergarten, then give them the assignment of writing poems for very young kids. More fun than writing sonnets, but harder than it seems.
Wordplay, interesting rhythms, delightful sounds: all required. Now there’s a springboard idea I’d never have thought of myself. Teachers constantly surprise me.