eyeglasses

Illustrations and rhyming text reveal which animals might enjoy different sorts of eyewear, from fancy glasses for a snake to swimming goggles for a shark.

When Nancy's friend Bree gets some glittery glasses to help her see better, Nancy, who likes to be fancy, wants to wear glasses too.

Susan discovers that the eye exam does not hurt at all and it also results in glasses which help her see much better.

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.

Ronald has many humorous mishaps until he gets a pair of eyeglasses. Includes a note for adults about children's eye problems.

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.

When she starts fourth grade, Kate loves school, until a new girl is given her front-row seat in class and Kate discovers that she needs glasses.

When Nan the mermaid looks at her friend Dolphin and thinks she sees a sea monster, her friends realize that she needs glasses.

With Wendy's new glasses, she begins to see cheerful corpses, old crones disguised as teeny-boppers, and portals to another world--a place where everyone knows of the glasses' powers and will do anything they can to get them.

Discusses the history and development of eyeglasses; includes a brief explanation of how the eye works and the vision problems that glasses can correct.