Parents' Primer: Disabilities
VISION IMPAIRMENT - GLASSES
Note: All call numbers are for the Allen County Public Library,
Fort Wayne, Indiana
| AUTHOR |
TITLE |
DATE |
CALL # |
| Aust, Siegfried |
Lenses! Take a Closer Look
Explains all about lenses, magnifying glasses, telescopes,
microscopes, eyeglasses, vision, and eye care. |
1991 |
j681.4 |
| Ballard, Carol |
How Do Our Eyes See?
A basic introduction to how our bodies see, exploring
such topics as light and dark, color, and glasses.
|
1998 |
j612.84 |
| Beatty, Monica Driscoll |
Blueberry Eyes
A little girl finds she needs glasses and eye muscle surgery.
|
1996 |
j617 BEATT |
| Brown, Marc Tolon |
Arthur's Eyes
His friends tease Arthur when he gets glasses, but he soon learns
to wear them with pride.
|
1979 |
jE BROWN |
| Brown, Marc Tolon |
Glasses for D.W.
Arthur's little sister wants to wear glasses like her brother, and
tries to prove she needs them. |
1996 |
jER |
| Cohen, Bernard |
Paul Needs Specs
Sally explains how her brother Paul's world looked fuzzy
until he went to the eye doctor and got his new eyeglasses.
|
2004 |
jE COHEN |
| Cohen, Peter |
Boris's Glasses
One evening when Boris is watching television, he notices that
the picture looks blurry. The repairman who comes over tells him that
the problem is not the television but, rather, Boris's eyesight. |
2003 |
jE COHEN |
| David, Luke |
Chuckie Visits the Eye Doctor
Chuckie isn't seeing too well and must visit the eye doctor to
get his first pair of glasses.
|
1999 |
jE |
| Day, Shirley |
Luna and the Big Blur: A Story for Children Who Wear Glasses
A young girl who hates her glasses learns to appreciate them
after spending a day without them. |
1995 |
jE |
| Dooley, Virginia |
I Need Glasses: My Visit to the Optometrist
Nick describes what happened when he went to the optometrist
to get glasses.
|
2002 |
jE DOOLE |
| Flanagan, Alice K. |
Choosing Eyeglasses with Mrs. Koutris
Follows an optician as she helps her customers find glasses that
suit them and help them see better. |
1998 |
j617.75 |
| Geoghegan, Adrienne |
Dogs Don't Wear Glasses
When Nanny Needles mistakenly believes that her dog Seymour has vision
problems, she takes him to the eye doctor to be fitted for glasses.
|
1996 |
jE |
| Gill, Janie Spaht |
Where Are My Glasses?
A young girl searches for her glasses in this book designed for beginning
readers. |
1999 |
jER GILL |
| Goldstein, Margaret J. |
Eyeglasses
Discusses the history and development of eyeglasses; includes a brief
explanation of how the eye works and the vision problems that glasses can correct.
|
1996 |
j617.75 |
| Headley, Justina Chen |
The Patch
At first upset about having to wear glasses and an eye patch to
correct her lazy eye, five-year-old Becca soon discovers that her new
accessories allow her to take on such roles as a ballerina-pirate and
a private eye.
|
2006 |
jE HEADL |
| Hest, Amy |
Baby Duck and the Bad Eyeglasses
Baby Duck is unhappy about the new eyeglasses she has to wear, until Grampa helps
her realize that they are not so bad after all. |
1996 |
jE |
| London, Sara |
The Good Luck Glasses
Seven-year-old Nomi decides that she is lucky when the new glasses she gets help her
see things more clearly.
|
2000 |
jER |
| MacDonald, Maryann |
Little Hippo Gets Glasses
Little Hippo is upset when he has to get glasses until he makes a surprising
new friend who helps him accept his new look. |
1992 |
jE |
| Manson, Ainslie |
Ballerinas Don't Wear Glasses
Allison is close to tears because the other girls in her dance class say
ballerinas don't have missing teeth, don't wear pigtails, and definitely
don't wear glasses. When Allison's brother Ben gets finished with her costume, nobody
will make fun of his little sister.
|
2000 |
jE MANSO |
| McKinlay, Penny |
Bumposaurus
When a little brontosaurus keeps falling and bumping
into things, his mother thinks he is the adventurous type, but
his grandmother discovers the real reason. |
2003 |
jE MCKIN |
| Numeroff, Laura Joffe |
Chimps Don't Wear Glasses
Even though animals don't normally wear glasses, cook, or read, if you use
your imagination you can see them doing these and even more fantastic things. |
1995 |
jE |
| Shaughnessy, Diane |
Let's Talk About Needing Glasses
Discusses some reasons why people need to wear glasses, the
steps in getting glasses, the teasing one sometimes receives
with a change in looks, and the possibility that glasses occasionally
break. |
1997 |
j617.75 |
| Silverstein, Alvin |
Glasses and Contact Lenses: Your Guide to Eyes, Eyewear, and Eyecare
Explains the structure of the eye, how vision works, and how glasses
and contact lenses correct vision problems. Also discusses exercises to improve
vision and types of conditions that require corrective surgery. |
1989 |
j617.75 |
| Smith, Lane |
Glasses: Who Needs 'Em?
A boy is unhappy about having to wear glasses, until his doctor
provides an imaginative list of well-adjusted eyeglass wearers.
|
1991 |
jE |
| Wild, Margaret |
All the Better to See You With!
Because Kate is the quiet one compared to her four noisy brothers and
sisters, her parents are slow to notice that she is near-sighted and needs glasses.
|
1993 |
jE |
| Willson, Sarah |
Hocus Focus
Jack and Gina let the teasing of a classmate stop them from wearing their
glasses until a class field trip makes them change their minds.
|
2004 |
jER WILSO |
If you need help finding these or other Library materials, please
check with anyone in Children's Services. We look forward to seeing
you at the Library!
This list was created by Children's Services Librarians and is maintained by Karol Caparaso.
Comments about this list can be sent to Karol Caparaso at kcaparaso@acpl.info.
General comments and suggestions can be sent to Becky White at bwhite@acpl.info,
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