Where's My Sock?

by Joyce Dunbar, Sanja Rešček (Illustrations)

A big adventure about one of life's small Where in the world is that missing sock?! Tongue-twisting text by best-selling author Dunbar and vivid pictures by award-winning artist Rescek.

Pippin is as mad as can be. "I can't find my other sock!" he exclaims. "My yellow sock with clocks, just like the one I am wearing!" Where do those maddening missing socks go? Pippin is determined to find out. Together with his friend Tog, he embarks on the greatest sock search ever.

Laundry baskets! Wastebaskets! Fruit baskets? No drawer is left unturned. From a mountaintop of socks, through a maze of mismatched knits, to a gatefold clothesline showcasing cheerful argyles, stripes, and dots, WHERE'S MY SOCK? bursts with colorful footwear for kids to look for, count, and pair.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Juvenile

32 pages, Hardcover

First published February 1, 2006

About the author

Joyce Dunbar is an English author of over seventy children’s books, best known for Tell Me Something Happy Before I Go To Sleep, This Is The Star, and the Mouse and Mole series. Born in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, she studied English at Goldsmiths College before teaching drama until hearing loss led her to write full time in 1989. Her first children’s book appeared when she was 35, followed by works such as Mundo and the Weather-Child, which explored the experiences of a deaf child and earned critical recognition. Her stories have been adapted for stage, television, and interactive media, with Mouse and Mole becoming a 26-part animated series. She has also been an advocate for deaf awareness, cycling across Cuba for charity. Dunbar lives in Norwich.

Reviews

[Dolly · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book explores the frustration of not being able to find something, especially the matching pair to a sock. Pippin and Tog undertake the chore of trying to match odd pairs of socks and have fun along the way.

[Nicola · Rating 2 out of 5]

It's a shame, the book had a couple of cool gimmicks but it just didn't work for me. The fold out of the washing line was a nice idea and the finger maze should have been good (but somehow wasn't) and there should have been counting in the book and wasn't really. The text wasn't engaging and was somehow just a bit of a miss.

[Anthony · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pippin can't find his missing yellow sock with the clocks on it. His pal Tog is determined to help Pippin find his sock. Together they search everywhere with no luck. It seems as if the yellow sock with clocks doesn't want to be found.

[shhhmommysreading · Rating 4 out of 5]

The main character refuses to wear mismatched socks, he only wants to find his missing yellow sock with the clocks! A fun little twist at the end. ;)

[Shanaria · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute book about mice wearing socks. This book shows friendship and how friends will always be there to help you look high and low for something that's important to you. hen turns out your true friend has what you have been looking for all along.

Have the children draw and describe their favorite socks.

[Ashley · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lost socks, missing socks, socks run away. Where do they all mysteriously disappear to? Well Pippin is plain cranky now he's lost his sock and will stop at nothing to find it so it wont be sad and lonely. Then he wonders how all lost socks feel and goes about trying to find all the socks he can.

Charming fun with colorful and unique illustrations will draw kids in.

[Courtney K · Rating 2 out of 5]

Cute story. I would share this with the older preschoolers. I liked the surprise ending.

[Clara Dearmore Strom · Rating 3 out of 5]

I thought the illustrations would be nice in this book, but they are too colorful and jumbled. NOT a good storytime book.

[Jen]

Cute story. I love the graphics - bright and colorful.

[Darlene · Rating 3 out of 5]

super cute! This type of thing happens to me all the time

[Tracy Schillemore · Rating 3 out of 5]

Kind of cute. Could use for sock storytime.

[Meredith · Rating 3 out of 5]

This might be a little long for my DLP kids, but it should work for integrated PreK as part of a sock/matching/pattern lesson.

[Lisa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Teaches about the frustrations of not being able to find something that you really like.