New Shoes for Silvia

New Shoes for Silvia
	First edition cover of New Shoes for Silvia
Author	Johanna Hurwitz
Illustrator	Jerry Pinkney
Country	USA
Language	English
Genre	Children's literature, picture book
Published	1993 (William Morrow)
Media type	Print (hardback)
Pages	48 (unpaginated)
ISBN	9780688052874
OCLC	762130210

New Shoes for Silvia is a 1993 picture book by Johanna Hurwitz and illustrator Jerry Pinkney. It is about a girl, Silvia, who receives a present of a pair of red shoes that are too large for her, and what she does with them until many months later when they finally fit her.

Reception

Booklist, in a review of New Shoes for Silvia, wrote "The slight story is made stronger by Pinkney's watercolors, which warmly depict a close family life in a wholesome, often outdoor setting in Latin America."[1] School Library Journal wrote "This simple story, told in spare prose, speaks universally to the imagination and emotions. Pinkney's spirited watercolors animate the narrative and are large enough for group sharing."[1]

New Shoes for Silvia has also been reviewed by Kirkus Reviews, [2] Publishers Weekly,[3] and The Horn Book Magazine[4]

gollark: *plans to grab name*

gollark: The AP: Occasionally Good™

gollark: Because they're not actually pygmies but disguised infiltrators trying to find their secrets.

gollark: I might replace my pygmy with one of the nicer-looking glowy ones.

gollark: How have you gotten them to hatch already?

References

"New shoes for Sylvia". Buffalo and Erie County Public Library. Retrieved February 14, 2017.
"New Shoes for Silvia". Kirkus Reviews. Kirkus Media LLC. August 15, 1993. Retrieved February 14, 2017. The Capitals' Emphasis On Every Word Grows Monotonous. Still, a notably joyous celebration of family and season.
"New Shoes for Silvia". Publishers Weekly. PWxyz LLC. September 20, 1993. Retrieved February 14, 2017. A Latin American locale brings the only dash of picante to this rather bland slice of life. .. In contrast to this pedestrian story, the watercolor illustrations rise well above the ordinary. Pinkney, paying careful attention to the foreign milieu, achieves an upbeat, child-pleasing realism.
"New Shoes for Silvia". kcls.bibliocommons.com. Retrieved February 14, 2017. Pinkney's characteristic watercolors fill each page with the details of life in Silvia's home and small Latin American village.

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[buffalo-1] "New shoes for Sylvia". Buffalo and Erie County Public Library. Retrieved February 14, 2017.

[2] "New Shoes for Silvia". Kirkus Reviews. Kirkus Media LLC. August 15, 1993. Retrieved February 14, 2017. The Capitals' Emphasis On Every Word Grows Monotonous. Still, a notably joyous celebration of family and season.

[3] "New Shoes for Silvia". Publishers Weekly. PWxyz LLC. September 20, 1993. Retrieved February 14, 2017. A Latin American locale brings the only dash of picante to this rather bland slice of life. .. In contrast to this pedestrian story, the watercolor illustrations rise well above the ordinary. Pinkney, paying careful attention to the foreign milieu, achieves an upbeat, child-pleasing realism.

[4] "New Shoes for Silvia". kcls.bibliocommons.com. Retrieved February 14, 2017. Pinkney's characteristic watercolors fill each page with the details of life in Silvia's home and small Latin American village.