Put Your Shoes On: A funny picture book about getting kids to leave the house from the bestselling creator...

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Put Your Shoes On

Name: Put Your Shoes On
Price: 16.99 AUD
Availability: PreOrder
ISBN: 9781529532722

A funny picture book about getting kids to leave the house from the bestselling creator of PENGUIN...

Polly Dunbar, Polly Dunbar

$16.99

Paperback

Forthcoming
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Walker Books
01 June 2026

Children's & Educational; Picture storybooks; Early learning & early learning concepts; Early learning: first experiences

A truly universal and empathetic look at everyday family life that also celebrates the importance and the dignity of a child's inner world.

Cleverly fusing together two unique art styles, the award-winning author-illustrator of Penguin here connects us to the inner life of a child and all the little worries and distractions they wrestle with as soon as they know they have to leave home. A funny and cosy book to help parents and kids better understand each other.

Mummy is desperate for Josh to put his shoes on – they have Aunty Nelly's party to go to! His cousins Tobias and Clementine will be there. (With their best shoes on.) While she asks nicely, cajoles, and eventually shouts (a bit), what she can't see is that Josh is actually VERY BUSY: he is completely lost in his own imaginative landscape inhabited by wild and wonderful creatures, made from real children's drawings by Polly Dunbar's son. In his own head, Josh is indeed putting shoes on ... just not on his own feet.

By: Polly Dunbar
Illustrated by: Polly Dunbar
Imprint: Walker Books
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 264mm, Width: 240mm, Spine: 6mm
Weight: 220g
ISBN: 9781529532722
ISBN 10: 1529532728
Pages: 40
Publication Date: 01 June 2026
Recommended Age: From 3 to 7 years
Audience: Children/juvenile , 0-5 years
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Polly Dunbar is an award-winning author-illustrator whose books for Walker include Red, Red, Red, A Lion Is a Lion and the bestselling Penguin. She has also illustrated books by novelists David Almond and Michael Morpurgo, poets Michael Rosen and Raymond Antrobus and her mother, picture-book author Joyce Dunbar. Polly lives in Suffolk. Follow her on Instagram: @PollyDunbar