Whose Shoes?: A Shoe for Every Job

by Stephen R. Swinburne

Overview

What do you want to be when you grow up? This book explores various jobs through lots of photographs of different shoes and simple, lively text.

People work in many different jobs — and very often, the right shoes can make a job easier or safer.  Would a nurse wear construction boots? Or should a construction worker wear ballet slippers? A terrific book to explore different careers, it also includes a game that invites young readers to guess which shoe matches which job.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781590788790
Publisher:	Astra Publishing House
Publication date:	01/01/2011
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	9.80(w) x 7.80(h) x 0.10(d)
Lexile:	AD280L (what's this?)
Age Range:	5 - 7 Years

About the Author

Stephen Swinburne is the popular author and photographer of a number of concept books. He lives in South Londonderry, Vermont. Visit steveswinburne.com

Editorial Reviews

"The text is rhythmic and will read aloud well." —Kirkus Reviews

"'Teachers will find this a good tool to use with a unit on community workers. It gives young students a new look at people in their community from a different perspective." —Library Media Connection

From the Publisher

Firefighter, chef, mail carrier, ballerina, clown, farmer, soccer player, National Guard soldier and construction worker are depicted through their footwear in this photo essay that asks the title question over and over. A predictable turn-the-page format leads to a full photo of the appropriate person to answer it. There is little diversity shown in the professions, although the postal worker is a woman and the soccer player is black. Prefacing this is a spread of children shod (all wearing Crocs, which will inevitably date this book) and unshod and a series of photos of children's footwear. The last spread depicts the children in attire that predicts the jobs they may someday have with the question of which they would choose. A foreword by the author tells of the many jobs he had and the shoes he wore. The text is rhythmic and will read aloud well. This lighthearted look at occupations lacks the verve of Margaret Miller's Whose Shoe? (1991), but as that work is out of print, this will substitute nicely. (Picture book. 3-6)

Kirkus Reviews