Cold Feet
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Picture Book · Ages 4–8 · 2000 · Est. 10 min read-aloud

Cold Feet

Written by Cynthia Defelice · Illustrated by Robert Andrew Parker

A bagpiper's trick on a farmer backfires with a ghostly twist.

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32 pages· 1,290 words· Est. 10 min read-aloud· AD640L
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Bookroo's summary

Willie McPhee, Scotland's finest bagpiper, stumbles upon a dead man in the snow and seizes his fine boots. But when he uses them to outwit a miserly farmer, the tables turn in an unexpected, eerie way. What happens when the original owner wants his boots back? Discover the chilling twist that leaves Willie questioning his choices and facing a spectral surprise. Can he escape the consequences of his actions, or will the past come back to haunt him?

From the publisher

When Willie McPhee, the finest bagpipe player in all of Scotland, goes looking for customers who have a wee bit extra to spend on merriment, he finds more than he bargained for. On a cold, wet, miserable night, Willie trips over a tree trunk in the dark. Peering closer, he sees that the fallen tree isn’t a tree at all, but a man, a DEAD man, lying stone cold frozen in the snow. “A-A-A-aaaaah!” screams Willie. But then he notices that the body is wearing some fine-looking boots.A poor man is a practical man, and so soon Willie has a shiny new pair of boots. He puts them to good use tricking a stingy farmer – and then, in a startling twist, the original owner

At a glance
Format
Hardcover
Pages
32
Words
1,290
Reading age
4–8
Audience
Picture
Lexile
AD640L
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Book details

Reading levels
ATOS
4.3
F&P level
~P
AR points
0.5
AR interest level
LG
AR quiz
45405
Publication
Published
August 30, 2000
First published
September 1, 2000
Publisher
Dk Ink
Edition
Language
English
Type
Picture Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9780789426369

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