Winky's Wonderful World of Shoes

About the Book

Out of love from my many friends and my love for children, my children's book entitled "Winky's Wonderful World of Shoes" was born. I now have 780 shoes in my collection and shoes from 36 different countries.
There are many reasons why I think children will be interested in reading my book. It has all kinds of shoes that Winky and his family wear, and there are a lot of shoes from other countries mentioned and pictured. Many children have not seen or have any knowledge of them. My twin granddaughters were born in Kunsan, Korea, and there is a double page showing the type of shoes Koreans wear and the Korean name for them. Also, many Korean customs are in the reading of my book.
And did you know that Winky was given a pair of red, magic shoes by the Fairy Godmother so he could travel to different countries?
In his magic shoes, he visits Morocco where they leave their shoes on the outside of the Mosque when they go in to pray.
In my book, you will learn that Winky's dog, Caesar, wears shoes, too, and can fly?
It has been a long-time dream of mine that each and every boy and girl everywhere would be able to read my interesting and educational book about shoes from the United States and around the World. I visualize their eyes will sparkle when they read about the Royal Guards of Greece or the Dutch boy and girl dancing in wooden shoes among the tulips.
Then I can say that for almost a lifetime of collecting shoes and dreaming of a children's book for every boy and girl to read, could become a reality. What a wonderful feeling it would be to leave a great legacy for all children of theWorld.

About the Author

Marjorie Edmondson Welker was born in Clayton, Indiana (Hendricks County).
Shoes were always on her mind at a very early age.
She takes great pleasure in bringing to the boys and girls stories about shoes that they might not otherwise know about.
While in high school, she received a little white shoe with a little gold bird perched on the back of the shoe.
As an unusual hobby, she began collecting shoes and through the years has collected over 780 shoes from around the World.
Mrs. Welker has displayed her shoes at Conventions and Libraries. She has presented her programs, "Stone Age to the Space Age," "GodÕs Walking Shoe, " and "Filling Their Shoes," and to many Civic, school and religious organizations throughout Indiana. She has been on radio programs and has had many newspaper articles published in Indiana as well as other states.
Earlier she enjoyed spending time reading to her granddaughters who were born in Kunsan, Korea.
Mrs. Welker now resides in Plainfield, Indiana with all her shoes. Her slogan is, "Keep the World on their feet so shoes will go on forever."