Boo's Shoes - A Rabbit And Fox Story

Boo's Shoes is a super cute story about a rabbit, Boo, who receives a gift from his fox friend, Farah. New shoes with....laces! Although they seem scary at first Boo is learning to tie them in no time! The story is fairly short, rhymes, and would be great to share with anyone frustrated about the art of shoe lace tying. Illustrations are colorful and fun. I absolutely love the extra parts of the book like the step by step pictures, song, and fun ways to tie laces, but the best part for me is the "I did it" badge. What a cute idea! This book is fun and encouraging! Thank you to NetGalley and Sybrina Publishing for an advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

The trend in which the book has been written is sure to appease the young and old alike. Young minds however will not only master the "tedious" task of tying a shoelace, but the rhythmic beat between sentences will certainly add that extra boost to their cognitive perceptions in relation to reading.

While presented as an educational read, the entertainment aspects of this book, as well as the colorful interactions between the characters, will surely leave solid toddler memories for a long time.

As a father of four with soon to be one more, I'll be keeping this book on my shelf of untied shoes for a long time.

Now bring the little ones and hop along. Let's all sing a song with Boo and fox.

I loved this book and immediately messaged the Special Ed Department chair to let her know that we should get a few copies of this book. What a wonderful way to introduce shoe tying and make it fun. The illustrations were clear and extremely easy to follow. I enjoyed the fact that there were songs and rhymes to go along with shoe tying, and a badge to be awarded at the end! This book is useful and cute, which is quite a find!

As a future teacher, I feel so lucky to have found this book this early, and I will definitely keep it in my back pocket for my class. This book is so fun and adorable, while also teaching the reader to tie their shoes. I never had this book as a kid, and I wish I did!!!!

loved this book. It is developed with a very positive approach to education and respect of the kids development. It is very encouraging and the instructions at the end are so helpful. Will certainly revisit and encourage my young patients to get the book.

Boo is an adorable little bunny who loves shoes. He has tons of shoes: flip-flops, clogs, wheeled shoes, slippers, cowboy boots and on and on and on. These shoes have one thing in common.... none have laces! Why should Boo learn to tie annoying strings if he doesn't need to?

One day his good fox friend Farah knocks on his door with a mysterious box. When Boo opens it up he discovers the gift is a pair of new shoes... with laces! Oh no! Boo wants nothing to do with shoes he has to tie. Farah encourages him and promises to help him along with the process. She says it's a skill he needs to know. It's not only for tying up shoes she tells him but for other things as well. She goes on to explain that it is used for ropes to rig a sail, to fly a kite, to tie fly when you fish and to make a bracelet to share with a friend, just to name a few.

Finally Boo agrees to give it a go and with patience and practice he succeeds at something he has dreaded for so long. Now that he can tie he feels he can accomplish anything! Hurray for Boo!

The illustrations are wonderful and very helpful. At the back of the book the author offers step-by-step instructions as how to tie up a pair of shoes with laces. Referring to both the visuals and the text small kids will be able to learn this valuable skill easily. This educational book with its interactive component will be a blessing for both parents and kids. I highly recommend it.

My toddler loved this book. Loved the pictures, laughed at some of the jokes and rhymes, and was very engaged. It let me know that this book is probably going to be a hit with children.
That being said, I felt a lot of the 'rhymes' were stilted or relied on idioms or vocabulary that children of this age probably wouldn't really understand. I felt like the attempts to rhyme the words really detracted from the book overall, and I didn't enjoy reading it aloud. The illustrations were very nice, although the illustrations of trying shoes might have made the process appear more complicated rather than less.
There were some useful tips for parents and educators, and an award to give kiddos who successfully tied their shoes.
Very cute, interactive, and stylistically pleasing, and again, toddler-approved. I just didn't love the wording.