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Alfie's FeetShirley Hughes
Alfie's Feet
by Shirley Hughes
Alfie gets shiny new wellingtons for splashing in, and cannot work out why walking in them feels so wrong.
A story about children and families, gentle and warm in tone. We would put it with children of 3–5, and at a reading age of about 4 for reading alone.
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Our take on this book
Alfie is thrilled with his splendid new wellington boots and stamps and splashes about in every puddle he can find — but something feels wrong, and it takes him and the reader a while to work out that he has them on the wrong feet. Shirley Hughes's picture book is a small classic of everyday life, drawn with her unmistakable warmth and her matchless eye for how real small children look and move and live in a real cluttered family home. The drama is tiny and completely absorbing to a young child, because getting your own shoes right is one of the first hard things you master. There is nothing to worry anyone here; it is cosy and true. For a three- to five-year-old it is a gently satisfying read about a small everyday triumph, and part of a beloved series whose ordinary domestic world children recognise instantly as a version of their own.
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