Thaddeus Centipede Needs New Shoes

by Margaret Redfern


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$17.99
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Book Details

Language : English
Publication Date : 7/9/2013

Format : Softcover
Dimensions : 8.5x8.5
Page Count : 24
ISBN : 9781481764490
Format : E-Book
Dimensions : N/A
Page Count : 24
ISBN : 9781481764506

About the Book

Looking for one hundred shoes is no easy job! Thaddeus tries his best to hide from his mother’s impatient voice as she reminds him that it is shoe hunting day. Being a centipede with one hundred legs, he is found as flat as he can be in his favorite hiding place, under a rug. But his unhappy mother drags him out from under the rug and they set out into the nearby meadow to look for comfortable materials for shoes for his one hundred feet. Thaddeus reluctantly but obediently tries on various pieces of meadow materials, even unthawed snow, but problems are met with all of them. Slipping and sliding, tumbling and tripping are only a few problems that appear throughout this journey for new shoes. Finally, in aggravation and exhaustion, Thaddeus stamps his feet and strongly suggests that he and his mother return home. His mother, in her own frenzied need, agrees with him. The answer to Thaddeus’ needed shoes is found at the edge of a small pond and a green, slimy moss covered rock at its edge which they pass on their way home. The author invites you to read the story and celebrate with Thaddeus as he wiggles his new shoes in the air!


About the Author

Having witnessed excited faces of young children in her teaching career, “bugs” were the subject of the day in the lower aged classrooms. She has watched hands raised in excitement to the question, “Do you like “bugs?” A walloping “YES” is always the answer. She presents Thaddeus as a one hundred legged creature who needs new shoes, but for him, it is for his one hundred feet! She sets each scene of shoe hunting with his impatient mother as she orders him to try on different materials for his shoes making both of them very unhappy. Groups of his feet continually slip off, slide off, tumble off, and trip off the many materials as he tries to walk on each of them. She sets up a number of laughable scenes as will be heard from the young listeners or readers. There will be many happy faces when Thaddeus really finds his new shoes!