November 21, 2011
"Slippery Willie's Stupid, Ugly Shoes" E-Book Review
by Katie Tanner
I love children's books and finding new children's books that I have not heard of before so when I was given the opportunity to review "Slippery Willie's Stupid Ugly Shoes" I was pretty excited. This book is written by Larry Petereson and this is his debut children's book.
Slippery Willie Synopsis:
Willie Wiggles hates his slippery feet. He just slips, slides and spins all over the place. But what he hates even more are the special shoes that have been made for him that will help him to walk just like all the other kids. Willie thinks that they are the "stupidest, ugliest shoes in the whole world."
Larry Peterson was born and raised in the Bronx, New York. As a freelancer, he has written many newspaper columns for local publications. Slippery Willie's Stupid, Ugly Shoes is his first children’s book. Peterson has lived in Pinellas Park, Florida for the past 28 years.
I read this book to one of the three year old pre-school classes at my child care center. They laughed their heads off when they were hearing about how Willie slipped and slided all over the place. One of the kid's said that they wanted slippery feet so that they didn't have to clean their room. They could slide away from Mom when she asked them to go to their room and clean. I thought that was pretty clever!!
Once Willie starts wearing the shoes, unfortunately everyone starts laughing at him and said they were the "stupidest, ugliest, shoes they had every seen!" This made Willie really sad and he did not want to wear them ANYMORE!! I don't want to give the ending away so you will have to get the book to find out what happens with Willie.
When we were done with the book we talked as a class about how we need to except everyone's differences. We talked about how everyone is different, some have brown hair, some have blonde, some have red. Some have blue eyes, some have green. Some wear glasses and some have braces, but we are all special and unique. Then the kids made a list for the class of how different we all are and they drew a picture of themselves and how they are different. This book teaches that differences are okay and that its okay to except them.
I really like this book because of the GREAT moral that it gives to the kids. If you want to learn more about the book you can check out more information
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