Glasses
Ann Gwinn Zawistoski, Author
Heide M. Woodworth, Photographer
Peeps Eyewear, Nonfiction, 2014
Pages: 12
Suitable for Ages: 0-4
Themes: Glasses, Children, Diversity, Differences, Rhyming
Opening: “Some glasses are red. Some glasses are blue. I think your glasses look great on you!”
Synopsis: A positive board book for babies and toddlers who wear glasses. Colorful glasses, round or square, grace the chubby and happy faces of youngsters to help them see.
Why I like this book:
Ann Gwinn Zawistoski has written a delightful board book with rhyming text that celebrates the important role glasses can play in a child’s life. The book is short, playful and filled with the right amount of information to hold a young child’s attention. It will be a book a child will beg to read again and again. The book also features a diverse group of children. Heide Woodworth’s beautiful photographs are adorable, lively and capture the joy of “seeing” on each child’s face. I welcome high quality books portraying children with different needs and challenges.
Zawistoski’s daughter started wearing glasses when she was a year old. Her daughter loved looking at books with babies and toddlers’ faces. The author kept hoping someone would write a book that featured young kids in glasses. Eventually she accepted the fact that no one was going to write a book, so she did. Glasses is the perfect book just right for small hands.
Compliments of Heide M. Woodworth
Resources: The book is a resource for parents, daycare centers, and preschools. It is an ideal book for a child being fitted for his/her first pair of glasses. It is also an excellent gift book! Visit Zawistoski at her website.
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How clever of Ms Zawistoski to write the book she was looking for. I love that the pictures are photographs of real children wearing glasses. Since I have worn glasses for almost as long as I can remember, I can empathize with children who do.
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Yes, I thought it was a clever idea too. The book is beautifully crafted with gorgeous photographs.
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I’m surprised there aren’t other books on this topic. Sounds like a wonderful book.
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It is the perfect book for toddlers and young children wearing glasses. They can see themselves in others. And the glasses are bright and colorful.
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I think babies in glasses are cuties! Glasses for kids today are so much more fashionable than they once were. Nice book!
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Babies in glasses are adorable. I had an eye appointment recently, so I checked out the selection of glasses for babies, toddlers and young children and was amazed at the selection. They are so colorful and very bendable for a young child.
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Love the idea! Not enough children have to wear glasses so that it really helps to have a book like this for little ones who *do* have to wear glasses to see that they’re not alone and that glasses are awesome.
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I love how stylish and colorful the glasses are for the little ones. And, with Zawistoski’s book they can see other happy children wearing glasses.
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Wonderful. I have a 14 month year old friend with glasses and I know she would love this!
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That’s great! It is a perfect book to gift a child wearing glasses.
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Kids in glasses are adorable. But perhaps I am biased, I married a woman who is almost legally blind.
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They are adorable. And now they have fun and colorful glasses to choose from.
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My daughter would LOVE to wear glasses. She actually hopes her vision will fail enough to need them. And here I am hoping, unrealistically, that my vision will improve so I don’t need my glasses. This is a little gem I’m going to have check out.
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It is a gem of a book. I remember wishing I could wear glasses as a child — now I feel the opposite.
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It’s the first time I heard about a book for children wearing glasses: what a bright idea!
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It is a bright idea for children wearing glasses. And the book is sturdy and perfect for looking at on their own.
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This looks wonderful–very nice for kids who have glasses, AND I think all kids will love seeing the faces and different kinds of glasses and thinking about how we see.
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Such a wonderful concept for a book. Young children with glasses will benefit form looking at the faces of other children.
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kids need to see themselves in books – and for young children, seeing other kids in glasses makes that a “less weird” thing.
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Couldn’t agree more. Such a powerful book for young children.
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What a wonderful book for the youngest glasses wearers. This should be in every pediatric optometrist waiting room for starters. I’ll pass the title along to a friend who works in the field.
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I am sure the author will be grateful! Actually another good place would be in an optician’s office where they fit kids for glasses.
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Such a good idea to show kids so young wearing glasses. I am certain that can be a struggle but maybe not as much with some cute choices.
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Yes, there are so many cute choices. I checked some out recently. They really are durable and made for younger children.
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A perfect choice, Patricia. Love seeing the smiling faces wearing glasses.
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Thank you for your comments. I thought it was a perfect share! It is a happy book!
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Oh, boy! Did I want glasses when I was a kid! But now reading glasses hurt my nose – pooh!
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This is such a great book. I was just like you. I wanted glasses so badly as a kid.
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Babies in glasses are the cutest!!!!!
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Yes, I agree. I love the pictures in the book.
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Yes, glasses are the best! (My apologies to those who aren’t blessed to wear them.) For older kids, I love the Junie B. Jones book where she gets her glasses. I can’t remember the title off hand. Great pick!
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I’m pleased you enjoyed the book. Thanks for mentioning Junie B. Jones getting glasses — haven’t read that particular book.
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Adorable! I admire the author for seeing a need, and filling it.
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I admire her too for seeing a need and writing this very professional and happy book for young children!
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This is a great book! I know my little sister hated that she needed glasses. There really weren’t books on the subject at the time – a book for little kids. I like that this book has pictures of real kids with glasses. Arlo Needs Glasses is a nice book too – but Arlo is a dog. 😉
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You must show Josie my review and the book. Of course she’s older now. I wanted to wear glasses when I was a kid because I thought they were cool.
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Happy 10th Anniversary! Thanks for sharing my review again.
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