I have dreams about those shoes.
Black high-tops. Tow white stripes.

All Jeremy wants is a pair of those shoes, the shoes everyone at school seems to be wearing. But his grandma tells him they don't have any room for "want," just "need," and what Jeremy needs are new boots for winter.

In this warm and very real story from Maribeth Boelts, illustrated by Noah Z. Jones, a young boy realizes that the things he has—warm boots, a loving grandmother, a and a good friend—are worth more than the things he wants.

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