Lizette's Green Sock Book

One day Lizette finds a pretty green sock. She’s delighted, until some neighborhood bullies begin to tease her. Socks come in pairs, they say. What good is one sock by itself? Lizette searches and searches, but she cannot find the sock’s missing mate. Fortunately, her friend Bert helps her see the situation in a new way. And together they come upon the perfect solution in this ingenious story about how socks, like friends, are always best in pairs.

Child Magazine

Lizette, a blithesome bird in a blue kerchief and polka dot dress, finds a green sock one day. "I'm lucky," she says, putting it on. "You don't find a beautiful sock like this every day!" A couple of cats scoff at Lizette's one-sock look, but her mouse friend Bert bolsters her confidence with his own out-of-the-box act of wearing the sock as a cap. Winsome watercolors add ambiance to this gentle tale about a plucky pair's individuality, even in the face of bullying. (ages 4 to 6)
Child magazine's Best Children's Book Awards 2005