The Orange Shoes

Delly Porter has a happy life. She needs new shoes, but doesn't really mind because she loves the soft, silky feel of the dirt road beneath her bare feet. She's a good artist, too, even if she has to make her own art supplies. And she loves her schoolteacher, Miss Violet, who lets her help in the classroom. Life only looks brighter when Miss Violet announces the school will have a Shoebox Social to help raise funds for new art materials. But when what should be a festive occasion is threatened by prejudice and cruelty, Delly finds out that one must stay true to oneself to successfully navigate life's joys and sorrows. From Trinka Hakes Noble, the author of The Scarlet Stockings Spy and The Last Brother, comes the story of a young girl who learns the most precious things in life are not measured in dollars and cents but by the warmth of one's heart. And that truth, beauty, and love are in the eye of the beholder.

Rutgers University Project on Economics and Children: Top Five Books, Co-winner

NYSRA Charlotte Award Suggested Reading List--Primary Category, Short-listed, 2010

NYSRA Charlotte Award Ballot Finalist--Primary Category, Runner-up, 2010

Tennessee Volunteer State Book Award Finalist, Runner-up, 2009

Young Hoosier Award Finalist: Picture Book Category, Runner-up, 2009

Missouri Show Me Readers Award List Finalist, Runner-up, 2009

Nebraska Golden Sower Primary Award List--K-3, Short-listed, 2009

Arkansas Diamond Primary Book Award Reading List, Short-listed, 2009

Delaware Diamonds Booklist K-2 Cateogry: A Children's Choice Award, Short-listed, 2009

IRA Teachers' Choices--Primary Category, Winner, 2008

Bank Street College of Education--Best Book of the Year List, Short-listed, 2007

National Parenting Publications Awards (NAPPA) Honors, Winner, 2007

Book Sense Award--Children's Picks List, Winner, 2007