There was a book which was read to me as a child that had a series of one page stories in it. I remember it being a thick book (but I was a child) The one story I remember the most was one about all the shoes that came out of the closet at night and danced around there room during the night. I tried Hans Christian Anderson but couldn’t find it. Have no other information. Would love to see read that story again.
Could this possibly be a version of ‘The Twelve Dancing Princesses’?
I wonder if it was a story in one of Andrew Lang’s Fairy Books. Each was named for a different color, and they all featured beautiful black and white drawings. I loved them as a kid. Your story does remind me of Twelve Dancing Princesses a bit, which is in the Red Fairy Book.
http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/lfb/re/refb03.htm
http://www.foliosociety.com/category/9319/andrew-lang-s-fairy-books