Slippery Willie’s Stupid, Ugly Shoes

I was able to review a super cute children’s book called “Slippery Willie’s Stupid, Ugly Shoes” by Larry Peterson.  Such a cute story about a boy Willie who “had slippery feet. They were so slippery that Willie just slipped, slid and spun all over the place”.
Willie gets new “Stupid, Ugly” shoes that help him walk without slipping, but they are so ugly that Willie doesn’t want to wear them.
What I like the most about this story is the message that kids (us adults too!!) we sometimes worry about things so much that we make it a much bigger deal than it really is.  This story also helps children see that we all have differences.  Differences are good!  It makes us special.  Slippery Willie’s Stupid, Ugly Shoes stresses that it’s okay to be different in a way that kids understand.
The book is geared to 4 to 8 year olds.  But, I read it out loud to my Granddaughter Emma (3) and she enjoyed it.
The art work is excellent.  Bright and colorful.
At the end of the book there are several suggested activities to do with your kids. The activities are geared for the older kids and I wasn’t able to do them very well with Emma.  However through out the book I asked questions like “Would you laugh at Willie and make him sad?”   When the kids are older the activities will be a definite part of this story time. This book is a great addition to our reading library.    Slippery Willie’s Stupid, Ugly Shoes is available to purchase here.
For the record… Emma says the shoes are pretty.

I will be participating in the Slippery Willie’s Stupid, Ugly Shoes blog tour on November 11th, 2011.  I’ll post more information when I get it.

I received one or more of the products mentioned above for free using Tomoson.com. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will be good for my readers.

If walls could talk, my blog would whisper, “It wasn’t me.”
Because somehow, somewhere between coffee refills and letting the dog out, the Ghost of Peanut Butter and Whine keeps sneaking in and removing pictures and videos.

I don’t delete them. I would remember that. I am a responsible adult who double-checks things. And yet… photos vanish. Videos evaporate. Blog posts wake up looking underdressed, like they forgot their pants.

Cue dramatic music.

After the fifth “Where did that image go?” moment, I decided to stop fighting the paranormal and use it as an opportunity. If the ghost insists on rearranging my content, then I’m going to roll up my sleeves and improve my SEO score while I’m at it.

Because if I’m re-uploading images anyway, they might as well have proper file names, alt text, and sizes that don’t make Google sigh heavily. Videos? Optimized. Old posts? Updated. Keywords? Polished like they’re heading to prom.

SEO updates aren’t glamorous. No one brings a casserole when you rename image files from IMG_8472.jpg to ghost-proof-blog-photo.jpg. But they matter. Search engines like clarity. Readers like faster loading pages. And apparently, ghosts like chaos.

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And because Google loves good neighbors, here’s an external resource I actually use when brushing up on SEO basics:
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So if you notice posts looking sharper and loading faster, don’t worry. It’s not a haunting.
It’s just me, outsmarting the ghost… one optimized image at a time.