A Pair of Red Clogs

A childs 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 shoes were 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.The warmth and quiet understanding of the grandmother who remembering her own temptations as a little girl recalls this story for her granddaughter makes A Pair of Red Clogs especially moving. Kazue Mizumuras charming illustrations are as delicate and graceful as the story itself.