Synopsis Because he feels big when he wears his father's shoes, a little boy wants to wear them when he begins kindergarten.
Benjamin loves wearing a big pair of his dad's old shoes and is dismayed when his mother says that he can't wear them to kindergarten. Benjamin announces that if he can't wear his big shoes, he'd rather not attend school. Illustrated with watercolor drawings.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 1993-09-01 | | Illustrator: | Joseph A. Smith |
| Size | | Height: | 10.5 in | | Width: | 8.5 in | | Thickness: | 0.5 in | | Weight: | 12.8 oz |
Publisher's Note Sometimes Benjamin wears a pair of his dad's old shoes over his own sneakers. He calls them his "big shoes" and, in them, he feels big too. But when his mother explains that when he starts kindergarten he cannot wear them to school, Benjamin decides he won't go after all. A gentle, funny story about a little boy's fears of going to school for the first time. Full color.
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