My Red Shoes

                                                 Pete the Cat Rocking in My School Shoes

                                                                    by Eric Litwin

What is your favorite pair of shoes you like to wear? Pete the Cat’s favorite pair of shoes to wear to school is rocking red shoes. Pete the Cat Rocking in My School Shoes by Eric Litwin, is a book about a rocking cat who is going to school. The story talks about Pete the Cat, who is wearing his school shoes. Pete the Cat discovers all different places at school throughout the book. Pete visits the library where he reads in his school shoes. Throughout the book it has songs that the students can sing to help them remember the book: “I’m reading in my school shoes, I’m reading in my school shoes, I’m reading in my school shoes.” (Litwin). Pete then discovers the lunch room where he says it can be noisy. Pete also gets to play on the playground at school. Pete goes through his whole day at school singing, playing, and learning. Pete really enjoyed school, because he tells his mom all about it when he gets home from school.

            This would be a great book to read on the first day of school to the students so they will feel more comfortable with school and less scared. Pete the Cat Rocking in My School Shoes has a lot of rhyming and rhythm in the book so it is perfect for younger children: “Here comes Pete strolling down the street, rocking red shoes on his four furry feet.” (Litwin). The story is very pleasing to the ears and it is very fun to read aloud to the class. The rhymes are predictable in the book, because they are said repeatedly. Students would understand this book and enjoy reading the book. The images in the book are very real to children, because they can put themselves into Pete the Cat’s place.