Shoes Books

"Whether you want to track down a particular manufacturer or are simply looking for shoes that will caress your feet, 'How to Find the Shoes You Want' is an excellent resource."- Mary Gottschalk, Style Writer for the San Jose Mercury News

If Centipedes wore shoes is alot of fun to read. It is a series of poems about animals. It is written with a rhythm my son loved and rhyme. I loved the twist at the end of each poem. The illustrations are very colorful and engaging.

Margaret Luongo creates a world of loneliness, misperception, and incorrect assumptions throughout these stories. The characters search for meaning, or at least validation, from an indifferent world, with results that range from the heartbreaking to the hilarious.

(P.S. Every teacher needs to read the story "Pedagogy.")

"There was an old woman who lived in a shoe./She had so many children, she didn't know what to do./She gave them some broth without any bread,/Then took them to live in a new home instead..." So begins Alison Jackson's creative and humorous twist on the old classic Women in the Shoe nursery rhyme. The poor woman and her enormous brood try out a myriad of places, including the cat and the fiddle's hat, Humpty Dumpty's wall, Little Miss Muffet's teacup, Old Mother Hubbard's cupboard, and Hickory Dickory Dock's clock, but no place feels right. And so in the end "...If the shoe fits, then wear it," she said to her clan./And she led them right back where this story began..." Ms Jackson's energetic, rhyming, chain of events story is filled with familiar nursery rhyme characters, and little ones will revel in all the fun of identifying old friends and remembering their verses. Karla Firehammer's engaging illustrations, in soft pastel tones, are rich in entertaining details and marvelous facial expressions. Perfect for preschoolers, If The Shoe Fits is a wonderful, fun-filled romp kids will want to read again and again, and is sure to become an instant favorite at your house.

this is the most adorable book i possess. a friend gave it to me as a present while i was undergoing chemotherapy. she knows my love for them. any type or kind of shoe. it could be a six inch stilleto, loafers, ballerinas, clogs. you name it, i love it. the book contains many small comentaries about famous people and their shoes. this is a gift for all seasons.

Chapman presents a myriad of ideas to jumpstart the use of lessons that promote learning through the multiple intelligences. Rather than gearing specific ideas to the gifted or "high" students, this book's premise is that every child is gifted in some way. And while we have intelligences that are stronger than others, it is possible to strengthen the weaker ones. Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences is very well explained. The author details each intelligence in-depth; the first seven as well as the latest naturalist intelligence. Chapman goes further than just theory, however, and gives several lesson plans for each intelligence. These lesson plans are broken down even further into age level distinctions. The book begins by exploring the different intelligences. The author has chosen a shoe to represent each intelligence. This is quite an asset to the visual learner! Not only is it helpful to the teacher, but it is a perfect way to introduce the different intelligences to a class of children. The shoe analagy is the perfect aid to understanding the whole theory. In each chapter Chapman defines each intelligence, what type of student is strong in this intelligence, how to meet the needs of the special student, how to catch this student's attention, what this student's comfort and discomfort zones are, what the global understandings of this intelligence are, how problem solving fits in with this intelligence, as well as activities that promote learning in this intelligence. She also offers blank lesson plan, reflection, and journal templates for teacher use. The graphic organizers are easy to understand and help make sense of it all. This book is definitely reader-friendly. It offers technical terms and material in an understandable way. I especially liked the prepared lesson plans that can be used immediately to aid the teacher in implementing the theory in the classroom.

The contemporary romance market will definitely welcome newcomer Dorien Kelly. In fact, she's bound to become a favorite with readers in no time at all. Her characters are lively and believable - her storyline is well thought out and her unique, well-honed voice displays evidence of the dedication she's undoubtedly made to perfecting her craft. If I had three thumbs, I'd give her three-thumbs-up, but since I only have two -- two will have to do. I look forward to reading more titles from her!

Steve Finn's book opens up a new world for most clinical psychology doctoral students, who despite learning to master administration, scoring and interpretation of psychological tests, often fail to learn how to write assessment reports and provide feedback to clients in a therapeutic manner. Psychological assessment can change people's lives for the better by helping people to develop a deeper understanding of themselves, their patterns and motives, not to mention its ability to link clients with the clinical services that are likely to provide them with benefit.

In his book, he explains in detail the difference between therapeutic and traditional assessment, and offers rich clinical examples and a useful theoretical discussion. I particularly like his examples of therapeutic assessment with an adult with ADHD and a child/family struggling with psychosocial challenges.

Clearly Finn has been heavily influenced by Constance Fisher's work, also remarkable in its own right.

All professors teaching assessment in clinical psychology programs would benefit from this eye-opening text!

Evelyn Slaatten is a beautiful writer and "In the Captain's Shoes" is poignant and touching. The characers are deep and engaging and draw the reader in from the start. I read the book in one sitting- couldn't put it down.

"The book is an excellent contribution to the field. It helps to bridge the dichotomy between empathy as a cognition and empathy as an emotion, by reviewing the body of literature and looking through the various methodologies and strategies. Dr. Fernandez & her contributors have set the standard for future examinations of empathy. The text, chapter by chapter, is the richest collection of writing on he topic to be found anywhere. I plan to share this book with students, collegues and clinical psychology trainees." by Jack Apsche, Ed.D., ABPP