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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 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 Mizumura's charming illustrations are as delicate and graceful as the story itself.

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Masako Matsuno

Masako Matsuno

1935 - 2011
Japanese
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Kazue Mizumura

Kazue Mizumura

c.1920 - ?
Japanese
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A Pair of Red Clogs Reprint

A Pair of Red Clogs
Reprinted in 2002 by Purple House Press
Available formats: Hardcover, Paperback
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