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Those Shoes
by Maribeth Boelts
Age: Kindergarten-2nd grade
Culture: African American
When Jeremy sees all the kids wearing black high tops, he desperately wants his own pair. But, as his Grandma says, there is no room for wanting in their house, only needing so Jeremy gets a pair of black boots for the winter. But he can't stop thinking about those high tops.
A real-to-life tale about a child that can't get everything he wants and how he must learn to compromise. Kindness pays off in this tale when Jeremy decides to give his pair of too-small high tops to another kid at school with run down shoes and is satisfied by the happiness of the other boy. Jeremy's generosity is genuine, not encouraged or forced upon him by an adult. Also Jeremy's poverty is not a tragic tale of woe and misery, but learning to manage his reality at an age where he can't have much of a say in it.
Culture: African American
When Jeremy sees all the kids wearing black high tops, he desperately wants his own pair. But, as his Grandma says, there is no room for wanting in their house, only needing so Jeremy gets a pair of black boots for the winter. But he can't stop thinking about those high tops.
A real-to-life tale about a child that can't get everything he wants and how he must learn to compromise. Kindness pays off in this tale when Jeremy decides to give his pair of too-small high tops to another kid at school with run down shoes and is satisfied by the happiness of the other boy. Jeremy's generosity is genuine, not encouraged or forced upon him by an adult. Also Jeremy's poverty is not a tragic tale of woe and misery, but learning to manage his reality at an age where he can't have much of a say in it.