Overview
A step-by-step, hands-on approach to learning to tie shoes.
With a die-cut, fold-out cover and a color-coded shoelace, this book teaches children to tie their shoes with a comical and engaging story.
Eric is having trouble at the playground. On the monkey bars, down the slippery slide, and even across the wobbly bridge, Eric's shoes just won't stay on his feet! But everytime Eric trips, flips, and slips, his friends are there to help him with some shoe-tying advice.
With detailed, step-by-step instructions throughout the book, the challenge of tying shoes is "knot" hard at all!
Synopsis
With a die-cut, fold-out cover and a color-coded shoelace, this book teaches children to tie their shoes with a comical and engaging story.
Eric is having trouble at the playground. On the monkey bars, down the slippery slide, and even across the wobbly bridge, Eric's shoes just won't stay on his feet! But everytime Eric trips, flips, and slips, his friends are there to help him with some shoe-tying advice.
With detailed, step-by-step instructions throughout the book, the challenge of tying shoes is "knot" hard at all!
Children's Literature
There are many milestones in early childhood—walking, talking and learning to take care of yourself by putting on your own clothes and tying your own shoes. The latter can be quite a challenge, but this is one of several books that will help kids learn how to tie their shoes. The cover has a shoe-shaped cutout, grommets for laces and two laces—purple and blue. The cover folds out so you can actually practice tying a shoe. The story is slightly amusing, showing what can happen if you do not tie your shoes—they can fly off your feet, you can trip on the laces, or they can get tangled. Along the bottom of each spread are diagrams and instructions for lacing and tying shoes. Kids can look at the diagrams while they try their hand with the shoe and laces on the cover. The final spread reprises it all, and the text closes with the encouraging "practice makes perfect, so tie, tie again." Kids may or may not get the humor, but they will get a very good lesson in lacing and tying shoes. Reviewer: Marilyn Courtot