Author:Emma Laybourn
Jack's mum insists he has new school shoes and the only ones they can find are horrid, black lace-ups. They are so stiff, noisy and uncomfortable that Jack suspects they must be monster shoes, especially when they seem to kick his classmates for no reason and make the football go in completely the wrong direction at playtime. Jack desperately works on a plan to get rid of them, until he discovers, quite by accident, a way of taming the monster shoes...
A master storyteller
—— The Good Book GuideA great read
—— The School LibrarianA great story to read aloud or for new readers to tackle on their own
—— Northern Echo[The book] succeeds because it does not condescend to reluctant readers
—— Sunday IndependentThe narrative is linear and pacy
—— Inis