City Feet

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The main character in this story is a baby that is observing the multitude of interesting and curious legs and feet that are moving in all sorts of ways through the city.

I will be using as a pre-K - 2nd grade read aloud to build in movement (you can having kids act out the movement words on each page while reading: shuffling, creeping, bouncing, etc) to build vocabulary, community and springboard into conversations about noticing and appreciating differences. Kids will love reading this book over and over and discovering new things they may have missed before. Because I had lots of ideas for the illustration of this story, my agent suggested that I make a dummy to send to the editor. She has published two books on teaching through critical and creative thinking strategies and created the cover art for both.Her current passion is writing and illustrating picture books aimed at giving diverse children a chance to see their multilayered identities represented through stories that resonate with heart and humor.

This book could be used to launch lessons for different art projects, or lessons about identity/diversity/community, as well as just a familiar fun quick read-aloud to enjoy again and again as a transition activity in a classroom when kids need a little wiggle break before they refocus. City feet offers an online listing platform for commercial real estate for lease and sale, where commercial real estate brokers, agents and commercial real estate property owners connect to close deals. Nowadays, when she's not meandering Miami with her husband Roberto, she enjoys reading, writing, drawing, hanging out with her six well-heeled children, and taking long walks with her four-pawed fuzzball, Hagrid. In addition, there some phrases in different languages which adds to the diversified feel of the book. An essential resource for use in and out of school, one-hour segmented programs feature a diverse group of educators modeling best practices to support student learning.One of my favorite parts was examining the interesting backgrounds in each spread such as a city map, and envisioning the people who may match each of the feet we see. Its rhymes are lively and lighthearted and I love how Perez-Prado colorfully bolded the action words and some of the descriptions too. The rhythm and rhyme of the words had perfect meter (and I'm usually quite picky when it comes to rhyming books ;). I had the privilege to hear the author read this book out loud and the way she did it, with such lovely rhythm and cadence, made the words sing off the page.

Still, I had such a clear idea of how I wanted this book to look with only legs and feet, that I jumped at the chance.Besides the kid height view of the city, this playful celebration engages the five senses, includes diversity, and introduces children to how to say good morning and good afternoon in four languages. As if that weren't enough, Aixa Perez-Prado serves up both lush illustration and language making City Feet an absolute pleasure as a read aloud with the dual benefit of working wonderfully as a bedtime book. The story walks the reader through various parts of a bustling city and all the different shoes and feet of its inhabitants. female runner athlete going down stairs in urban city doing cardio sport workout run outside during summer. There is only one place in the whole book where we see the whole baby and that is hidden under the back cover so take a peek!

I believe that although there are only legs, it will bring many meaningful and interesting stories later. After the reading, Carlton prompts viewers to consider what type of shoes are appropriate for varied occasions and environments. I'm posting this wonderful little elephant I spotted on a friend's Christmas tree over the holidays. It shows the city from a toddler's point of view, a fast-paced, syncopated, colorful parade of all kinds of feet and footwear -- along with some surprises! City Feet Clinic has some of Sydney’s leading podiatry experts with a large number of happy clients and a high referral rate.The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. I hope to have my heart stories exploring identity, belonging, immigration, and multilingualism through humor published one day. I loved the addition of different languages and the unique perspective of exploring a city and its people from just their feet. These are the stories that brought me to writing for kidlit and I would love to see little Latinxers and other kids with intersectional identities finding themselves in my books. Aixa has lived in several different countries, and draws inspiration for her stories and illustrations from diverse locations.