sneakers

A very unusual squirrel is spotted in and around Starwood Elementary School, and when Freddie uses his Zapato Power to chase it, he finds more than one opportunity to be a hero.

"A cultural history of sneakers, tracing the footprint of one of our most iconic fashions across sports, business, pop culture, and American identity"--Amazon.com.

Simple text and photographs offer facts about sneakers.

Looks at sneakers with interviews with people from the industry, athletes, and celebrities.

A young boy reminisces about his favorite pair of sneakers and learns a little something about growing up.

On a visit to New York City to see Uncle Jorge, Freddie brings his special sneakers which give him super speed but are becoming too small for his growing feet.

Contains photographs of three hundred different pairs of sneakers, tracing the development of the ubiquitous shoes from their earliest beginnings into the twenty-first century, and discusses technological improvements that have been made over time, as well as manufacturers who rose to the top of the sneaker field.

Simple text and photographs offer facts about sneakers.

Brandon, the leader of a crew of shoe fanatics that travels the country in search of the hottest, new, and rare models of shoes to buy, sell, or trade, accepts an internship with Adidas in New York City and finds the popularity of his team soaring. But, when he hears someone stole his collection of sneakers from his closet, he drops everything to travel home to Arizona and track down the culprit.

Contains photographs and descriptions of sneakers, or sport shoes, drawn from magazine advertisements published between the 1940s and 1980s.