Shoes from Grandpa

This is a very cute story that students would love. It would be an excellent book to read if you have a few extra minutes one day during class. It is a cumulative story so students who are beginning readers can follow along with all of the repeated words. Also, there are lots of rhyming words in it as well. The story is about a little girl whose family is buying her all sorts of crazy new clothes when she really just wants some simple jeans. Many students can probably relate to this funny tell and I really think they would enjoy reading it.

Shoes from Grandpa is a story about a girl named Jessie, who amasses an entire new wardrobe after her grandpa notices her shoes are too small. The entire family pitches in to get Jessie everything from skirts to blouses and jackets to scarves and socks, but all she really wants is a pair of jeans.

Cute book! It had a fun, bouncy rhythm that would be fun to read aloud, and I loved that it challenged the gender stereotypes of girls in frilly pink clothes!

Classroom Extensions:
1. Have kids make paper buddies (instead of paper "dolls") and outfits, and use these to talk about weather appropriate clothing.
2. Use the story to preface a classroom clothing drive.

I love cumulative tales :)

A cumulative tale is one of those fun stories that builds on itself, one element at a time, just like "The House that Jack Built".

In this case, every member of the family runs to get a girl another article of clothing to "Go with the shoes from grandpa", until eventually she asks them nicely if they can just get her a pair of jeans instead.

The only trouble I have with this book (and it's minor, really), is that it's written with British English in mind. Which means that to my American voice, some of the rhymes (laugh and scarf; blouse and bows) just don't work, and it messes up the flow.

If it weren't for that quibble, I wouldn't have a problem at all. The book rocks.

Jessie's grandpa notices that she is growing very quickly and tells her that he wants to buy her new shoes. Soon, the rest of her family follows suit and buys her additional articles of clothing to go with the shoes from grandpa, but all Jessie really wants is a pair of jeans. I enjoy the repetitive rhyme that this circular tale gives. This book would be useful to share with an early elementary classroom, grades K-2, to talk about rhyming in books, or to accompany a unit on family or clothing.

Shoes from Grandpa was a cute family book about a little girl named Jessica who's grandpa brought her some shoes to wear. In the story it tells about the rest of her family buying other acessories to go with her boots like, socks, a coat, a sweater, bow and ribbions and etc. The end of the story she decides that she just want to wear jeans and regular clothes.
I thought that the story was cute, sometimes family think that they know what's best for you but really they don't.
I think that in my class, the children would like it because it would let them know that they are not the only person going through that.

This children's book is about a young girl who receives new clothing items from all her family members and becomes very overwhelmed. I find it very funny and know that the kids would too, so that is why I both like it, and why I would include it in my classroom. This book could be read to grades PreK-2nd and could be used in a family themed lesson plan.

A fun, rollicking rhyming story about a girl who gets shoes from her Grandpa, then everyone in her family gives her different items of clothing to go with them. Delightful mixed media illustrations. This is the 30th Anniversary Edition.