If You Could Wear My Sneakers: A Book About Children's Rights - Softcover

Sheree Fitch and Darcia Labrosse raise global awareness of the rights of children in this delightful collection of poems interpreting fifteen of the 54 articles of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. A quiz at the end of the book allows children, with the guidance of teachers or parents, to match the poem and illustration to the appropriate Convention article.

Sheree Fitch is a poet, educator, journalist and playwright. A literacy activist, she has been giving readings of her work in schools and libraries for over 15 years. She lives in Halifax with her family. Her many books include Mabel Murple, There Were Monkeys in My Kitchen! and There's a Mouse in My House!.

Darcia Labrosse is an award-winning illustrator published in Canada, the U.S., France and U.K. Her book Welcome to the World won the Governor General's Award in 1987. She divides her time between Paris and Montreal.