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Because of a Shoe

By Marla Frazee and Julie Fogliano
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Everybody has tantrums—kids, and even mums—in this tender yet funny picture book about an especially impossible-to-put-on pair of shoes. Everybody has tantrums (kids and mums) in this tender yet funny picture book about an especially impossible-to-put-on pair of shoes—from New York Times bestselling author Julie Fogliano... Read More
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"A tender yet funny picture book about a tantrum and the unconditional love between a mother and her child"-- Provided by publisher.

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Everybody has tantrums—kids, and even mums—in this tender yet funny picture book about an especially impossible-to-put-on pair of shoes.

Everybody has tantrums (kids and mums) in this tender yet funny picture book about an especially impossible-to-put-on pair of shoes—from New York Times bestselling author Julie Fogliano and three-time Caldecott Honour winner Marla Frazee, creator of The Boss Baby.

Even when it's time to put on our favourite shoes and leave the house, and even when that time turns into a tantrum where someone can't stop screaming, or flopping on the floor, or throwing a shoe across the room, and someone is making their maddest face and everyone else is waiting... Even then, nothing can come between the loving bond of a mother and their child. Not even a shoe.

With expressive text from bestselling author Julie Fogliano and timeless art from three-time Caldecott honour medallist Marla Frazee, here is a story that takes readers through a downward spiral of a shoe-inspired tantrum and is a reminder that even in moments of frustration, we are always our most loveable selves.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780593707401

Publisher: Random House USA Inc

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 03 February 2026

Country: United States

Imprint: Random House Inc

Illustration: FULL-COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Width: 279.0mm

Height: 229.0mm

Weight: 300g

Pages: 40

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Children's Books Children's Fiction Children’s, Teenage and Educational Julie Fogliano Marla Frazee Penguin Books Young Adult

About the Author

Julie Fogliano is the New York Times bestselling author of And Then It's Spring and If You Want to See a Whale and several other picture books including Just In Case You Want to Fly, When's My Birthday, and If I Was the Sunshine. Recipient of the 2013 the Ezra Jack Keats award, her books have been translated into more than ten languages. Julie lives in the Hudson Valley with her husband and three children. Marla Frazee is the recipient of a Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Picture Book and a three-time Caldecott Honor winner. She has illustrated many acclaimed picture books, including All the World by Liz Garton Scanlon, Stars by Mary Lyn Ray, and Everywhere Babies by Susan Meyers, as well as her own Farmer Books trilogy, A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever, and The Boss Baby, which inspired the DreamWorks Animation film. She is also the illustrator of the New York Times bestselling Clementine chapter books by Sara Pennypacker.

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