The Red Shoes - Hardcover

Eleri Glass is a traveling storyteller and poet. She grew up in New Zealand and came to Canada when she was eight. She currently lives in Vancouver, BC.

Ashley Spires has a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design and a Graduate Diploma in Illustration from Sheridan College. She is the creator of the Binky The Space Cat series of junior graphic novels, which have earned her numerous awards, including the Silver Birch Express and the Hackmatack. She is the illustrator of several picture books, including Penguin and the Cupcake, Ella's Umbrellas, and The Red Shoes; and has also both written and illustrated several, including Larf, Small Saul and The Most Magnificent Thing, which are known for providing readers, young and old, with a good laugh. She lives in Ladner, BC. Find out more at www.ashleyspires.com.

From The Red Shoes, written by Eleri Glass, illustrated by Ashley Spires:

"My feet huff, puff
like two tired trains.

So many shoes
squatting on the shelves,
white and brown, lace-ups
and boots.

My eyes hunt,
my toes tingle.
They call me from the corner,
ruby whispers,
shiny silver giggles.

I slip my hands inside
and walk them across the shelf.
Sing a tiny shoe tune.

Mom picks up the lace-ups.
I pull on her hand.
'The Red ones, Mom.'"