Feet Man and Mr. Tiny
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- $11.99
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
Feet Man has two gigantic problems – his feet. His foot size is triple-extra-umpteen-large. He has never found a shoe that fits him, and whenever people see him, they always point and make fun of him. But then one day he discovers a tiny man stuck between his toes – Mr. Tiny, to be exact. Mr. Tiny has his share of problems, too, but he doesn't let them bother him. He knows that everyone, no matter how unusual, has a talent. And when Mr. Tiny spots an advertisement for the Husky Puppy Shoe Company in the newspaper – "If We Can't Fit Your Size, We'll Give You a Giant Prize!" – he knows that Feet Man is a shoe-in to win.
With lively illustrations and pun-ny read-aloud text, this friendship between two characters of vastly different shoe size demonstrates that sometimes it takes an outsider to help us discover what we are best at.
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One misfit learns from another how to put his best foot forward. Feet Man, shy and reclusive, walks barefoot because no shoes fit ("his foot size was triple-extra-umpteen-large"), and his unkind neighbors taunt him with merciless cliches (" 'Careful, he might stand up for himself!' 'Or he might put his foot down!' "). Life changes when Feet Man discovers a leprechaun-like man, sporting a green overcoat and top hat, wedged between his toes. Mr. Tiny empathizes with the trials of being different, but emphasizes the positive. Like the townsfolk, he speaks in cliches, as when urging his friend to enter a shoestore-sponsored contest (e.g., "With dogs like yours, you're a shoe-in to win"). Freschet's watercolors incorporate an understated humor that offsets the text's slapstick tone: in a street scene, five birdhouses clutter one tree, while a man and dog sit in a diner booth. The supporting cast resembles comic strip characters, with exaggerated noses and different-shaped eyes. This tale trumpets its message about the transforming power of friendship. Ages 4-8.
