Mira, Mira! Silvia wants everyone to admire the new shoes that Tia Rosita has sent her from far away. 'They are as red as the setting sun,' her grandmother says, 'As red as the inside of a watermelon,' says Papa. 'As red as a rose,' Mama says. And when Silvia puts them on, their buckles glow like silver in the sun. Her new shoes are almost perfect—if only they weren't so big!

What good are new shoes if you can't wear them? Silvia wonders, but she soon finds that they're just the right size for her imagination.

Then one day she discovers a wonderful surprise. . . .

At once spirited and reassuring, Johanna Hurwitz's tale will delight any child who has ever felt 'too small,' and Jerry Pinkney's exquisite artwork portrays all the warmth of family and tropical setting.

From the dust jacket