Flip-Flops

by Nancy Cote

It''s beach day and Penny and Mama are headed to the ocean. But wait--Penny has only one flip-flop. The other one is nowhere to be found. So what good is one flip-flop? Penny soon discovers the answer to this question in this charming story of friendship and flip-flops. Full color.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807525049
• ISBN13: 9780807525043
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
• Length: 24 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.3" x 10.3"
• Age Range: 5 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Kindergarten to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Fantastic Book

My girls (toddlers) love this book. They want to read it at least once a day and usually more than that. The lesson is simple and heartwarming, but they have even more fun finding all the people in the story in the pictures. Every time you read the book you'll see something new and reach new conclusions about the story and the characters. Also, the prose is lovely and has a nice rhythm, plus some nice play on the word "flip flop."

Lessons Learned

This is a delightful summer story about friendship and imagination at the beach. This book can open a day of play with children coming up with their own uses for a small rubber shoe.A lesson learned is although things may not begin the way you think they should, they can turn out wonderful. Beautifully illustrated.

It's about loving what you have, not getting what you love

This is a charming children's book that teaches a lesson to adult readers as well. It's a lovely story about a child who can only find one of her flip-flops as she prepares to go to the beach with her mother. She's unhappy with her one flip-flop and longs to stop at a roadside stand to buy new ones and the appealing beach toys she sees. By the time she has been at the beach for a while and found many fun uses for her one flip-flop, she realizes that she doesn't need to buy anything else because she has everything she needs to be happy.