New Shoes for Silvia by Johanna Hurwitz; Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney
	List Price:   $17.99 Unit Price:   $14.39 You Save:   $3.60 (20%) ISBN-10:   068805286X ISBN-13:   9780688052867 Publisher:   HarperCollins Edition:   illustrated Category:   Beginning Readers Pub. Date:   September 1993 Pages:   32 Format:   Hardcover Ages:   3 to 8 Grades:   ps to 3
Awards
1983  Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards  Winner!  1983  Caldecott Medal  Nominee/Honoree  1980  Mark Twain Award  Nominee/Honoree  1987  Flicker Tale Children's Book Award  Nominee/Honoree  1987  Children's Book Award (Colorado) (USA)  Winner!
Subjects
CHILDREN'S FICTION
Description/Notes
Silvia can't wait to try on her present from Tia Rosita: new shoes as red as the inside of a watermelon. The shoes are too big for Silvia to wear -- but that doesn't stop her from dinfing lots of ways to enjoy them while she waits for her feet to grow! 'The excitement of the new shoes and the formidable task of waiting to grow into them are both conveyed beautifully through the story and the art....Watercolors fill each page with the details of life in Silvia's home and small village....Hurwitz perfectly captures the pleasure of a special gifted the difficulty of waiting.'--Horn BookSpeaks universally to the imagination and emotions.'--School Library Journal One day a large package arrives for Silvia's family. It is packed with gifts sent by her Tia Rosita from far away. For Silvia there's the most wonderful present of all: a pair of beautiful red shoes. And even though the shoes are too big for Silvia, she finds that they are just the right size for her imagination. Full-color illustrations.