Her aunt saves the little girl's day, and brings magic back into those red dancing shoes. Until she runs and falls in the mud, and the shoes get dirty and are not danceable anymore, in the girl's eyes. She is delighted with her new shoes, and she dances around with them and through the city to show off the new shoes to everyone she knows. Red Dancing Shoes is about a little girl who gets a pair of red dancing shoes from her grandma in a present. Themes: family, helping each other out, giftsĬurricular uses: read-aloud, independent reading The full page, bordered illustrations are complemented by smaller spot art beneath each page of text-a pitcher of lemonade promises relief, a squirrel observes the narrator's perambulations. Patrick's narrative gets a big boost from Ransome's ( How Many Stars in the Sky? All the Lights in the Night ) expressive oil paintings, which convincingly impart the joy, fleeting disappointment and gratitude this youngster experiences during an eventful afternoon. But when she starts running toward her great-aunt Nen's house, she takes a tumble, which leaves her shoes "sticky and blotchy and muddy." The child is devastated until Nen, predictably, restores them to their pristine condition. Impatient to try out-and show off-her gift, the child takes a walk with her older sister. It was a pair of the finest, reddest, shiniest shoes that anyone had ever seen," declares the likable African American girl who narrates this unassuming yet agreeable story. Summary:Returning from a trip, Grandmama brings presents for her family.
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