Summary

Greg walks to school in his new shoes and faces obstacles in keeping them clean, such as: grease, mud, puddles, and pebbles. He decides to put a plastic bag over each shoe to protect them from getting dirty, but the bags quickly rip to shreds. Greg walks on his tip-toes for some of the walk so that he doesn't get pebbles in the grooves on the bottom of his shoes, but it's so much effort that he gives up and walks in the grass. Greg's illustrations alternate between him concentrating on keep the shoes clean - he even has his tongue sticking out as he focuses - and him being ecstatic about his new pair of shoes.

Greg arrives to school twenty minutes late, but thinks it's totally worth it because he arrives in style. In his illustration, Greg is leaning up...