A Pair of Red Clogs by Masako Matsuno
From Amazon.com: A child's delight in a new pair of shoes is the same all over the world, whether the shoes are patent-leather sandals, straw alpargatas, deerskin moccasins or wooden clogs. For Mako, a little Japanese girl, the new shoeswere clogs painted with red lacquer that shone beautifully. This is the story of what happened after she cracked the new clogs playing the weather-telling game and so longed for a bright, shiny new pair to replace them that she almost did a dishonest thing.
Author & illustrator
Author: Masako Matsuno
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Illustrator: Kazue Mizumura
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Topics from the book:
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Units, Activities, and Resources for A Pair of Red Clogs
Japanese Lantern Coloring Page
Schooltime Snippets: Rowing A Pair of Red Clogs
Lapbook Example
Labook example for this FIAR book from Homeschooling on a Wing and a Prayer.
Why are we featuring this book?
A Pair of Red Clogs is a book featured in Five in a Row, a literature-based unit study curriculum. Many families use FIAR for all but the grammar/reading and math, and others use it in conjunction with other resources. Above is information about the author and illustrator, story summaries, and links to lesson plans and websites that are great go-alongs for A Pair of Red Clogs. Please note that these resources are meant to complement, not replace, the Five in a Row units. The Five in a Row volumes are inexpensive and well worth the investment.
