LUCKY SOCKS
Carrie Weston, , illus. by Charlotte Middleton. . Penguin Putnam/Fogelman, $14.99 (32pp) ISBN 978-0-8037-2741-0
This promising tale from a British team starts out strong, then fizzles. Kevin believes that his yellow socks bring luck. When he wears socks of any other color, disaster strikes: he blames his green socks, for example, for his dismal performance on a spelling test, as well as his bike's flat tire. Yellow socks, on the other hand, win him a starring role (literally) in the school play and an invitation to eat ice cream in his friend's tent. Then the lucky socks go missing. Up to this point, the narrative shows a wry understanding of how kids often view themselves as cogs in the universe, and why the idea of luck can be so powerful for them. Middleton (
Reviewed on: 11/26/2001
Genre: Children's
Hardcover - 1 pages - 978-1-86233-258-4