Hans Crispin, a traveling shoemaker extraordinaire, has an unusual talent. When he arrives in a village, he crafts unique shoes to make the villagers’ lives easier and more fun. A special art and design element of this book is that the art is made from paper hand-printed with the soles of shoes.
“Light (Puss in Boots, 2002) writes in formal folklorish—“Once upon a time there was a man named Hans Crispin who traveled throughout the land,” etc.—that stands in sharp, but all in all pleasing, contrast to the art’s extravagant forms and colors. High marks for energy.”