The Shoelace Fairy

About the Book

After several weeks of teaching Kindergarten in 2011, I realized that I spent a lot of time tying shoelaces. And, as always, most shoes seem to come untied just when the class was on it's way out of the classroom. One day after tying the same child's shoes for the 2nd time in less than 20 minutes, I blurted out "It must be the Shoelace Fairy that is untying your shoes." The idea of a Shoelace Fairy actually in our classroom got the children excited, as finally, there was a good reason they always had untied shoes. I kept hearing the children complain that she was to blame for their shoelace problems. Later that night, I started thinking about the Shoelace Fairy and what she does to make kids and teachers crazy. A few weeks later, the book concept was completed and the adventures of the Shoelace Fairy has begun.

About the Author

Judy Allston, married with two children was born and rasied in the Chicago area. She attended Benedictine College and played basketball while earning her degree in Computer Science. After graduation she was a computer programmer for 10 years and then decided to stay home to raise her two children. The family relocated to Palm Harbor, Florida in 2000. After many hours of volunteering at her children's school, she decided in 2001, to become substitue teacher. In 2004 she was named the Volunteer of the Year award at her children's elementary school. Since that time, she has taught all elementary grades but, especially loves to work in Kindergarten. Over the past 10+ years she has read hundreds of books to children but never one about how and why our shoelaces come undone!