How about some help from the folks at Harvard: So, now we see Pete for who he is: a cool cat with an understanding of executive function and self-regulation. Pete just keeps on plugging away with new words He keeps his cool and just changes the words to his song. His pristine white shoes, the source of his musical joy, are ruined! What’s a singing cat to do when faced with such frustration, such unexpected CATastrophe (these are the jokes, people)? Scream? Cry? Take his shoes off and throw them in the air? Litwin, James Dean, and friends in a live reading, complete with his White Shoes song!As Pete continues his walk, the first dramatic turn occurs. If you want to, you can download the song that Eric Litwin created – but I think it’s much more fun to make up your own silly tune. You can make up a tune, or sing it to an existing melody. You can sing it differently every time you read the book.

You know that, right? It’s a law – and the beautiful part is that there is absolutely no wrong way to sing it. He loves them so much he sings a song about them – “I love my white shoes, I love my white shoes, I love my white shoes.” If you read this book, you have to sing that part. White, Red, Blue, Brown…Just Change the Song Pete admires some hanging shoesĪs Pete takes a stroll on a beautiful day, he wears his beloved white shoes. Stay with me this children’s book gets the concepts across beautifully. Today…is all about white shoes, singing, and executive function and self-regulation. Several books featuring this easy going blue furball have followed, and we’ll probably review a couple of them in the future. Within 10 months, the book was picked up by Harper Collins and has enjoyed a great deal of success in a rather crowded market. In 2008, he pounced out of the minds of Eric Litwin and James Dean into a self-published book. He’s the feline equivalent of the proverbial duck that let everything roll off its back. One Cool Cat Pete the Cat, in all his calm, cool wonderment

Boyle takes a peek at Pete the Cat – I Love my White Shoes, by author Eric Litwin with illustrations by James Dean (no, not that James Dean). Oh! One more thing! If that children’s book teaches some really fantastic aspect of childhood development, well, that’s a home run. Also – and this should be no surprise – we love children’s books that get people singing.

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