Step into My Shoes

LoveReading4Kids Says

We’re all familiar with the phrase, ‘step into someone else’s shoes’ and when the young girl at the centre of this picture book does so literally, she suddenly understands the person closest to her in a whole new way.

Matou, who lives on the outskirts of Paris, gets into the habit of trying on the shoes left outside the mosque she passes on her way home from school. She plays at guessing who their owners are and what they’re like, and gets it right quite often. Then at home, grumpy because their planned afternoon out has to be cancelled, she pulls on her mum’s shoes and gets a sudden insight into her life too. Readers’ eyes will also be opened through this engrossing and revealing story, and it’s a positive as well as a rewarding read.

Fotini Tikkou blends the occasional photograph into her illustrations which are as pleasing and illuminating as the text.

Andrea Reece

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