Title: The Helpful Shoelace

Author: Michael Twinn

Genre: Informational

Summary: Beginning with the basic of tying shoe laces and having a fun interactive picture, this story really intrigues children on all the different ways to learn how to tie shoes! Going into many different aspects and ways of tying knots, this book goes deeper into why its useful for everyone to tie their shoes!

Review: The book has amazing illustrations and interesting concepts when it comes to tying shoe laces. It involves many different ways and uses which is helpful for younger children to  understand why everyone must accomplish this simple task!

Content Area Connection:

• Math: Tying your shoes can be made into a fun mathematical game which incorporates numbers and patterns. Creating a certain pattern and loop cycle is important to learn tying shoes, and using math to help this task could be fun!
• Art: Using this story to create art pieces can also be fun! The design of the shoe laces can be different and using art to teach  this topic can be helpful and very informative. Using different art mediums to create a shoe and laces can also be fun and exciting for the young children.