The cowboy bootmaker is so poor that even his shadow has holes in it. Trouble is, the bootmaker makes terrible boots. But then one night, when he's down to his last piece of leather, a miracle occurs. This Old West recasting of the classic The Shoemaker and the Elves is an uproarious enchantment. Full color.

 

This book was published 1997 by Scholastic US .

Ellen A. Kelley's first picture book, The Lucky Lizard, was called "hilarious" (SLJ) and "delightful" (Children's Literature). Publishers Weekly says that she "pulls off her unusual premise with humou. " She lives in Santa Barbara, California. Tom Curry has accumulated hundreds of awards, had five one-man shows and has illustrated three children's books, including The Bootmaker and the Elves. He lives in Texas. Susan Lowell's family has lived in the American West since Gold Rush days. She is the author of several picture books for children, including The Three Little Javelinas, a Reading Rainbow Book, The Bookmaker and the Elves, winner of a Spur Award from the Western Writers of America, and Cindy Ellen: A Wild Western Cinderella, also winner of a Spur Award. Her novels for older children are I Am Lavina Cumming and The Boy with the Paper Wings. She and her husband and their two daughters divide their time between Tucson, AZ, and a ranch near the Mexican border.