Lisette's Green Sock
A springtime fresh picture book about how socks, like friends, are always best in pairs
One day Lisette finds a pretty green sock. She’s delighted, until some bullies begin to tease her: socks should come in pairs; what use is one sock? Lisette searches and searches, but she cannot find the sock’s missing mate. Fortunately, her friend Bert helps her see the situation in a new way. And together they come upon the perfect solution in this ingenious story that celebrates the delightfully absurd within the everyday.
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Catharina Valckx has written and illustrated over thirty books and been nominated four times for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. Her books are published in over eleven languages and have won numerous awards.
Reviews
A charmer of a book with lively, expressive watercolour illustrations; it’s just right for sharing with a nursery or reception class, or with one child.
Red Reading Hub
Even in this seemingly simple story, Valckx imbues Lisette’s discovery of the green sock with greater meaning: why should we conform to traditional ideas of how things are meant to be when we can find joy in ways we never imagined?
INIS Magazine.
A charming story, beautifully illustrated, and the young reader can be glad that the bullies do not win after all.
Armadillo Magazine
