By Bianca Schulze, The Children’s Book Review
Published: January 14, 2011
Shoes, glorious shoes! Ooh-la-la, we have two copies of Shoe-la-la written by Karen Beaumont and illustrated by LeUyen Pham to giveaway. Giveaway begins January 14, 2011, at 12:01 A.M. PST and ends February 10, 2011, at 11:59 P.M. PST.
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Hardcover: 40 pages
Book overview: Join four girls as they shop till they drop, looking for the perfect shoes to match their party dresses.
Emily, Ashley, Katilyn, Claire! Let’s go find the perfect pair!
There are piles of shoes to choose from, and the girls try on every pair in the store, but…
Eeny, meeny, my oh my! Just don’t know which shoes to buy.
What’s a girl to do? With some feathers and glitter, a little bit of glue, and a lof of imagination, the friends come up with the best shoes of all!
Shoe-la-la!
About the Author: Karen Beaumont is the New York Times bestselling author of I Ain’t Gonna Paint No More! illustrated by David Catrow. She is also the recipient of the Geisel Honor for Move Over, Rover! and three ALA Notable Book citations. As a little girl, Karen loved her tan cowboy boots best of all. She now lives near the beach in Capitola, California, and has traded in her boots for flip flops. She has two daughters who love shoes, and a cat named Jake, who runs around barefoot most of the time.
About the illustrator: LeUyen Pham is the New York Times bestselling illustrator of Grace for President, by Kelly DiPucchio, as well as Julianne Moore’s Freckleface Strawberry books and her own Big Sister, Little Sister. She is quite the shoe lover herself, and can be found traipsing about in her Mary Jane shoes or knee high boots in San Francisco, California, where she lives with her family. You can visit her and her shoes at www.leuyenpham.com.
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13 Comments
Oh. My. Goodness! This would be perfect for my daughter….you have no idea 🙂
Thanks for the chance!
This looks cute.
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Love Karen Beaumont – this looks great.
Lol, this sounds too perfect for my little girl… She is so much more of a girly-girl than her own mother.
This book looks adorable! Just what girls are excited about!
I love the book I Ain’t Gonna Paint No More! – and would love to win this one as well. What’s not to love about a book on shoes?
I would love to win this book, it sounds great! Girls will love it. Thanks.
Janet
would love to win thanks
ABreading4fun [at] gmail [dot] com
If it’s about shoes, it’s about time! Hope to get a copy of this book. 🙂
GREAT bOOk.
MY GRAND CHILDREN WOULD LOVE IT.
My daughter would looove this, we love shoes :))
What a cute book! 😀
Two lucky ladies, Simone and Ingvild, are the winners of the Shoe-la-la giveaway!
Simone: “Love Karen Beaumont – this looks great.”
Ingvild: “I love the book I Ain’t Gonna Paint No More! – and would love to win this one as well. What’s not to love about a book on shoes?”
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