Four girls go in search of the perfect pair of party shoes.

A conscientious mouse tries to locate the owner of a single unclaimed shoe.

A little girl goes shopping with her mother for new shoes which she insists must be blue.

A child's delight in a new pair of shoes is the same all over the world, whether the shoes are patent-leather sandals, straw alpargatas, deerskin moccasins, or wooden clogs. For Mako, a little Japanese girl, the new shoes were clogs painted with red lacquer that shone beautifully. This is the story of what happened after she cracked the new clogs playing the weather-telling game and so longed for a bright, shiny new pair to replace them that she almost...

Five-year-old Birdie loves her mother's shoes, but when she is finally granted permission to wear some for a little while, she discovers that her "barefoot shoes" are best of all.

Delly Porter enjoys the feel of soft dirt beneath her feet as she walks to and from school, but after a classmate makes her feel ashamed of having no shoes she learns that her parents and others, too, see value in things that do not cost money.

Steven has trouble learning to tie his shoes but hates to admit it.

From foot bag to fashion fads -- Material matters -- Shape shifting -- Sole survivors -- Walking tall -- Coming to heel -- The ties that bind -- Slip on a sandal -- Sporting chances -- Shoes as art -- Men in boots -- Women's boots -- Shoe technology.

The Hungry Giant has lost his shoe. Where is it?

Louise's mother will not allow her to get shiny black shoes with sparkles on them, but when her friend Fern gets a pair, Louise finds out just how impractical fancy shoes really are.