A children's shoe shop labelled “a gem” by its customers is to shut its doors. Elves and the Shoemaker has traded in Burgate, Canterbury since 2011 under the ownership of Suzanne Crawley.

working in pairs the children move through the shoe shop as the two Elves; they are tiny and the furniture in the shop seems enormous…they must also listen out for the shoemaker’s cat!

The smart new shoes. audio1. The smart new shoes The first part of the well-known fairy story about a poor shoemaker and some very obliging elves. 2. The elves are discovered. audio2. The elves ...

Retold and illustrated by Jim LaMarche; Narrated by Patrick Stewart A pair of elves secretly create and amazing pair of shoes for a poor by kindly shoemaker.