REVIEW by Eleftheria Pantopoulou

‘WORLD TOUR WITH A COUPLE OF SHOES’

A deeply touching story written by Zoi Fragou (in Greek) and illustrated by Emmanuela Kakavia [Ocelotos editions]

The original version of a modern tour around the globe experienced by a pair of shoes with heroes from different countries, such as Popitsa (Popi) from Greece, Melit from Syria, Charlie from Australia and Kim from China.

This colorful children’s book is kind of a journey around the globe. A pair of shoes offered as a gift to a little girl named Popitsa are thrown away in the garbage where discovered by an immigrant boy, who passes it on to his sister... Real life can be cruel as well as fascinating, so the shoes find themselves traveling either on foot or by airplane or even by boat to several countries in Asia, Europe and America. They change hands nine times: a typical magic scheme in Greek myths and fairytales, which might explain the return of the shoes back to their first owner (Popitsa) in Athens, Greece.

The story structure is based on several couples of opposites: prosperity and poverty, having a home and being homeless, the need of moving or even running and the feeling of safety or settling down and belonging somewhere. It’s a book about solidarity, diversity and origin in a globalized world. I felt these shoes were made for walking on a loving path.

The fine illustration with the amazing vintage maps gave me a scent of wanderlust and a feeling that traveling man has never stopped moving nor exploring.

When I read it to my little son (age of 4) it seemed to me as a great opportunity to start talking about the meaning of reuse and recycling. It also engaged him to discussion on diversity at school. He felt like talking about his friends who don’t speak Greek yet, about his friends who live in Athens but come from distant places.

Use in the classroom:

• The book can trigger class activities on kindness, tolerance and migration.
• It can also be used as resource to the subjects of geography and economy or environment protection and sustainable living (reuse and recycling).
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Links to accompany the book or engage children to further reading and research:

• https://www.unicef.org
• https://kidsgeo.com
• epa games

ZOI FRAGOU

CURICULUM VITAE

AUTHOR, LIFE & BUSINESS COACH

HR MANAGER/ PROJECT DEVELOPER

STUDIES IN PSYCHOLOGIE (CHILDREN AND TEENAGERS DEVELOPMENT)

QUOTE: ‘  TO KNOW YOUR SELF ‘IS THE KEY FOR REAL LIFE AND HAPINESS!

LOVING THE GOOD LITERATURE BOOKS IS ONE GREAT WAY TO REACH THIS TARGET!

GOOD LITERATURE BOOKS PROVIDE STRONG FREQUENCIES , LEARN TO CHILDREN AND TEENS HOW TO FACE ISSUES LIKE BULLING AT SCHOOL AND NOT ONLY THIS , BUT ALSO HOW TO STRENGTH THEIR CHARACTER AND THEIR MIND AND MOST IMPORTANT , TEACH THEM , HOW TO THINK AND RECOGNISE THEIR FEELINGS AND SENTIMENTS ACCEPT THEM AND CONTROLL THEM. LONGTERM THE READERS BECOME TO GREAT THINKING PEOPLE, WHICH IS THE MOST POWERFULL TOOL FOR A HUMAN EXISTENCE!

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