Books
Running Shoes by Frederick Lipp
Author: Frederick Lipp
Illustrator: Jason Gaillard
Subject: language arts, character education, personal and social development, physical education
Theme(s): mutlicultural, family, character , sports
Character Traits/IB Learner Profile: caring, citizenship, thinker
Writing Traits: sentence fluency, idea development
Features of Text: narrative
Recommended for Grade(s): 1 – 5
Genre: storybook
Summary: Sophy’s secret wish is to be able to go to school one day. But Sophy and her mother live in a poor village in Cambodia where there is no doctor, no hospital, and no school. When Sophy receives a pair of running shoes, her life changes forever.