shoemakers

A poor old shoemaker becomes successful with the help of two elves who finish his shoes during the night. Presented in Persian and English.

A kind-hearted, but poor, shoemaker and his wife become prosperous with the help of some elves, who come in the night and finish making the shoes that the shoemaker has cut out during the day.

In this heartwarming graphic novel, Francis, a donkey and master shoemaker, must leave his village on a quest to find the materials to make a new pair of shoes for Miss Manatee, the queen of calypso.

A retelling of the fairy tale about a group of elves who help a shoemaker and his wife, who in turn repay the elves with kindness.

"Francis the donkey is the best shoemaker in the village. He uses only the finest materials: coconut wood for the soles, goat's wool for the insoles, and wild tiger grass for the uppers. One day he receives a special order from his favorite singer: Miss Manatee, the queen of calypso. But he's all out of tiger grass! To make the perfect pair of shoes, Francis must journey deep into the jungle . . . and that means leaving his village for the first time"--Dust jacket.

A retelling of the classic tale of a shoemaker who is helped in his workshop by some elves.

Tells the story of George Robert Twelves Hewes, a Boston shoemaker who participated in the Boston Tea Party and other events of the American Revolution; examines Hewes's memories of the rebellion as he shared them when he was in his nineties; and considers the historical value of oral testimony and memory.