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3) Glasses
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A nonfiction 'biography' of glasses, an everyday object that has become ubiquitous, starting with the discovery of the magnifying properties of glass through the development of the eye chart, plastic lenses, and contact lenses"--
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"Karen has to get glasses--two pairs! One pair for reading and one for all the time. Karen does not want glasses. Her school pictures are going to be taken soon! But Karen has to...so she picks out some pretty pink and blue ones. Karen thinks she looks very grown-up. Then Yicky Ricky calls her Four-eyes. If Karen wears her glasses for the school picture, Ricky will make fun of her. But Karen is not a wimp! Glasses or no glasses--that Ricky is going...
11) Princess Peepers
Author
Publisher
Marshall Cavendish
Pub. Date
c2008
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
1v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 24 x 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
When the other princesses make fun of her for wearing glasses, Princess Peepers vows to go without, but after several mishaps--one of which is especially coincidental--she admits that she really does need them if she wants to see.
12) Now you see it
Author
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
c2005
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
275 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
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. Wendy isn't as blind as a bat-there are bats who can see better than she can. That's why, when her new glasses break, she's all too happy to wear the dorky sunglasses she found on her lawn. Oddly enough, they match her prescription...
Author
Publisher
Kane/Miller
Pub. Date
2000
Edition
1st American ed.
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Winnie the witch has trouble navigating crowded skies, so she tries changing her broomstick into other means of transportation, until she discovers what she really needs.
Author
Publisher
Simon Wolff
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
22 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
"Glasses On The Ground is about someone who finds a pair of glasses in the middle of a street in New York City. Whenever he puts them on and then blinks, the magical glasses take him to a new place each time. The story enables the reader to visit and learn about many interesting spots on our planet." -- amazon.com
18) Glasses for D.W
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c1996
Physical Desc
23 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Arthur's little sister wants to wear glasses like her brother and tries to prove she needs them.
Author
Publisher
Abrams Appleseed
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Though Paige claims, "I can see just fine," her parents grow concerned and decide it's time for Paige to visit the eye doctor. Paige remains defiant until she finds the perfect frames and more importantly, perfect eyesight"--
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