Angel isn't sure she likes her name. Her mum and doting aunts just love dressing her up in prissy clothes and (worst of all) daft shoes. Angel just wants to go and play in the park. When at last she gets her chance she jumps up and down in a puddle to make her clothes deliciously muddy. Then, afraid of the consequences, she runs away. In the wild part of the park she finds a toddler who has got lost, and full of sympathy, leads him back to the playground. The distressed mother pronounces her a true Angel... and buys her the red welly boots she so wanted all along.

 

This book has been graded for interest at 3-4 years.

There are 32 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 2012 by Lion Hudson Plc .

Sanja Rescek studied graphic design at the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb, Croatia. She has illustrated more than one hundred books, which have been published in more than ten different languages. Sanja's illustrations have also been featured on cards for UNICEF. Emily Pound is the author of Angel Shoes. Sanja Rescek graduated from the School of applied Arts, then studied at the academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb. In competition with 47 renowned artists, Sanja won the Grigor Vitez Award for best children's book illustrator in 2003. She is also a winner of the Wellcome Award given by the Association of Visual artists of Croatia and the award given by the public at Interliber Book Fair for 2004.