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Ross, Tony

Centipede's 100 Shoes

32 pp. | Holt | April, 2003 | Trade ISBN 0-8050-7298-5 $$15.95
(3) K-3 A centipede stubs his toe, so his mother buys him one hundred protective shoes. But putting on and removing the shoes takes all day, and he learns the hard way that "most centipedes have only forty-two legs." Finally, he gives away his shoes to some friends (not exclusively of the legged variety). The loose, cartoony illustrations of bug society underscore the humor in the hapless centipede's plight.
Reviewer: Anita L. Burkam

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