THE FRANKLIN PRESCHOOL’S

I LOVE MY SCHOOL SHOES Written and Illustrated by

The Franklin PreschoolFebruary 2013

Adapted from Pete the Cat I Love My White Shoes

By Eric Litwin

The Franklin Preschoolers were walking down the street in their brand-new white shoes. They loved their white shoes so much they sang this song:

“I love my white shoes, I love my white shoes, I love my white shoes.”

Then – Oh no! …

Addison stepped in a rainbow.

What color did it turn her shoes? Did Addison cry? Goodness no! She kept walking

along singing her song.

“I love my rainbow shoes, I love my rainbow shoes, I love my rainbow shoes.Oh no!”

Ashton stepped in a pile of strawberries.

What color did it turn his shoes? Did Ashton cry? Goodness no! He kept walking along singing his

song.

“I love my red shoes, I love my red shoes, I love my red shoes.Oh no!”

Ava G. stepped in a pile of blueberries.

What color did it turn her shoes? Did Ava G. cry? Goodness no! She kept walking along singing her

song.

“I love my blue shoes, I love my blue shoes, I love my blue shoes.Oh no!”

Caiden stepped in a pile of mud.

What color did it turn his shoes? Did Caiden cry? Goodness no! He kept

walking along singing his song.

“I love my brown shoes, I love my brown shoes, I love my brown shoes.Oh no!”

Eli stepped in lemons, oranges, blueberries, bananas, leaves and strawberries.

What color did it turn his shoes? Did Eli cry? Goodness no! He kept walking along singing

his song.

“I love my many colored shoes, I love my many colored shoes, I love my many colored shoes.Oh no!”

Hailey stepped in a pile of blueberries.

What color did it turn her shoes? Did Hailey cry? Goodness no! She kept walking along

singing her song.

“I love my blue shoes, I love my blue shoes, I love my blue shoes.Oh no!”

Zachary stepped in a pile of dirty snowshoes.

What color did it turn his shoes? Did Zachary cry? Goodness no! He kept walking along

singing his song.

“I love my dirty brown shoes, I love my dirty brown shoes, I love my dirty brown shoes.Oh no!”

Amelia stepped in mud, lemons and grapes.

What color did it turn her shoes? Did Amelia cry? Goodness no! She kept walking along singing her

song.

“I love my brown, yellow and green shoes, I love my brown, yellow and green shoes, I love my brown, yellow and green shoes.Oh no!”

Lillianna stepped in a rainbow.

What color did it turn her shoes? Did Lillianna cry? Goodness no! She kept walking along

singing her song.

“I love my rainbow shoes, I love my rainbow shoes, I love my rainbow shoes.Oh no!”

Lily stepped in a fruity rainbow of raspberries, grapes, lemons, limes, oranges and blueberries.

What color did it turn her shoes? Did Lily cry? Goodness no! She kept walking along singing her

song.

“I love my many colored shoes, I love my many colored shoes, I love my many colored shoes.Oh no!”

Meredith stepped in a rainbow.

What color did it turn her shoes? Did Meredith cry? Goodness no! She kept

walking along singing her song.

“I love my rainbow shoes, I love my rainbow shoes, I love my rainbow shoes.Oh no!”

Mrs. Dewing stepped in bubblegum.

What color did it turn her shoes? Did Mrs. Dewing cry? Goodness no! She kept walking

along singing her song.

“I love my pink shoes, I love my pink shoes, I love my pink shoes.Oh no!”

Rowan stepped in a pile of blueberries.

What color did it turn her shoes? Did Rowan cry? Goodness no! She kept walking along

singing her song.

“I love my blue shoes, I love my blue shoes, I love my blue shoes.Oh no!”

Shakia stepped in the blue lagoon.

What color did it turn her shoes? Did Shakia cry? Goodness no! She kept walking along

singing her song.

“I love my blue shoes, I love my blue shoes, I love my blue shoes.Oh no!”

Mrs. Ploof stepped in the waters of the Carribean.

What color did it turn her shoes? Did Mrs. Ploof cry? Goodness no! She kept walking along singing her

song.

“I love my blue shoes, I love my blue shoes, I love my blue shoes.Oh no!”

Maxwell stepped in blueberries and a rainbow.

What color did it turn his shoes? Did Maxwell cry? Goodness no! He kept walking along

singing his song.

“I love my blue and rainbow shoes, I love my blue and rainbow shoes, I love my blue and rainbow shoes.Oh no!”

Piper stepped in oranges.

What color did it turn her shoes? Did Piper cry? Goodness no! She kept walking along singing her

song.

“I love my orange shoes, I love my orange shoes, I love my orange shoes.Oh no!”

Mrs. Racine stepped in a pile of melted chocolate.

What color did it turn her shoes? Did Mrs. Racine cry? Goodness no! She kept walking

along singing her song.

“I love my brown shoes, I love my brown shoes, I love my brown shoes.Oh no!”

The Franklin Preschoolers ALL stepped in a bucket of water …

and all the colors washed away. What color were their shoes again?WHITE! But now they were all WET.Did the Preschoolers cry? Goodness,

no!They kept walking along and singing

their song.

“We love our WET shoes, We love our WET shoes, We love our WET shoes.”

The moral of our story is: No matter what you step in, keep walking along and singing your song … Because IT’S ALL GOOD!