Pete is the one of the coolest cats you will ever meet in a children's book.  Pete loves his brand new white shoes.  He loves them so much he sings, “I love my white shoes, I love my white shoes, I love my white shoes.”  But while Pete is walking along and singing his song, he steps in all kinds of colorful things.  His white shoes turn red in a pile of strawberries, blue in a pile of blueberries, brown in mud and become wet in water.  What does Pete do when his beloved shoes get dirty?  The resilient cat embraces the changes and continues singing, “I love my wet shoes, I love my wet shoes, I love my wet shoes.”  Musician and author Eric Litwin and artist James Dean brilliantly present Pete the Cat and a message about perseverance with a rocking song and a dirty shoe dilemma that children will adore.

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