in Otto's Shoes: Two stories one book. Start from either cover.: 5

You can't tell from out there.Two stories in one book. Read In Otto's Shoes forward and it is Bob's walk home; turn it over - the back cover is In Bob's Shoes - and read it back to the front for Otto's.Otto's new shoes hurt, and he keeps stopping to look down. Bob guesses - a stone? too small? - and cannot tell from out there. So halfway home they swap. Every page after the middle mirrors one before it with the shoes on the other boy's feet: whichever way you read, you watch your friend hurt first, and then you feel it yourself.An empathy picture book for ages 4 to 8 that makes the oldest idea about walking in someone else's shoes literal enough for a four-year-old. One question to ask at the end - what could Bob not tell from out there?Opens and closes on the same line: I like your shoes.Book 5 of Bob & Otto, by Jesper K. Lassen. From VEN Method - social-emotional learning that builds connection and community in classrooms and at home.