Synopses & Reviews
Every Big Cheese needs a pair of la-di-da shoes to call her own! Just ask Louise! There's nothing like a pair of la-di-da shoes to bring out the Big Cheese in a girl.
It's time for new shoes and Louise wants the pair of beautiful black patent leather ones with the sparkles on the toes, but Mrs. Cheese says absolutely not.
Then Louise's best friend, Fern, shows up with tales of Paris, France, and the very shoes Louise has been longing for. Are the bonds of friendship greater than shoe envy? Could it be that a little la-di-da goes a long way?
With humor and heart and a healthy dose of attitude, Elise Primavera and Diane Goode tell a grass-isn't-always-greener story about shoes and what it means to be a true friend.
Synopsis
Thereand#8217;s nothing like a pair of sparkly, shiny, and pretty la-di-da shoes to bring out the Big Cheese in a girl. But Louiseand#8217;s mother doesnand#8217;t quite see it that way. Instead Louise has to wear the dull and drab brown tie shoes she has worn for years. They are practical, Louiseand#8217;s mother says. They are better in the rain, the shoe salesman says. It doesnand#8217;t matter that Louise doesnand#8217;t see it that way. Then Louiseand#8217;s best friend Fern comes to school with shiny new patent leather shoes from Paris with sparkles on the toes! Are the bonds of friendship greater than shoe envy? Only Louise can sayand#8230;
About the Author
Elise Primavera has illustrated more than twenty books for children, several of which she also wrote, including the New York Times bestselling Auntie Claus as well as Auntie Claus and the Key to Christmas and Auntie Claus Home for the Holidays. Other titles include Plantpet, a Parents Magazine Best Book and she illustrated Raising Dragons by Jerdine Nolen which received a 1999 Christopher Award, the 1999 Irma S. and James H. Black Award for Excellence in Children's Literature from the Bank Street College of Education, and an Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Award. Newsweek, Sesame Street Parent's magazine, and Smithsonian Magazine selected the book as one of the best of 1998. Most recently Ms. Primavera has authored Louise the Big Cheese: Divine Diva and Louise the Big Cheese and the La Di Da Shoes both illustrated by Diane Goode. Elise Primavera lives in New Jersey. Visit her at eliseprimavera.com. Diane Goode is the illustrator of more than fifty beloved and critically acclaimed picture books including the Caldecott Honor Book When I Was Young in the Mountains by Cynthia Rylant. She is also the illustrator of President Pennybaker and My Mom Is Trying to Ruin My Life, both by Kate Feiffer; and Louise the Big Cheese: Divine Diva, Louise the Big Cheese and the La Di Da Shoes, and Louise the Big Cheese and the Back-to-School Smarty Pants, all by Elise Primavera. Diane lives and works in Watchung, New Jersey, with her husband, David, and their two dogs, Jack and Daisy.