Debbietipton's Full Review: Marc Tolon Brown - Arthur's Eyes
Arthurs Eyes
By: Marc Brown
This book, as you might guess from the title is about when Arthur got his glasses. He looked just fine without them, but he could not see very well.
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THE STORY:
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When he was in class, Arthur had to hold his books so close to his face that his nose would almost hit his books. To top it off, he could not see the blackboards and Francine had to read what was on them to him. She was not always happy about having to give the help and she was always asking him if he was blind.
It got so bad that no one even wanted to play with poor Arthur. He could not even hit the basket during a simple game of basketball. It was finally time for a trip to the eye doctor.
So, it was off to Dr. Ins that he went. And, of course, he needed glasses. Arthur tried on so many different frames. Finally he picked out the pair that he liked the best. Arthur's mother told him how handsome he looked in his new glasses, and how very smart they made him look.
The next morning at the bus, everyone just laughed at Arthur. Buster called him a Sissy and Francine called him Four-eyes. No one else, not one of Arthur's friends wore glasses. Some to think of it, on one in his family wore glasses either!
Arthur became so upset by all the name calling and the fact that no one else wore glasses, that he decided that he would loose his. He tried to put his shirt in the laundry with his glasses in the pocket. All that happened was that his mother found them and was not happy at all that Arthur had been so careless.
The next thing he tried to do was to hide them in his lunch box and then tell his teacher that he had forgotten them. All that accomplished was that now it was harder than ever for him to see. He even went into the girls bathroom by mistake. He bumped into walls and could not find the door. By now the girls were screaming everywhere. Soon he ended up in the principals office.
Finally, Arthur's teacher talked to him and showed him the he wore glasses too. That made Arthur feel much better. So, he went to his lunch box and put his glasses on.
Everything started to go so much better. He could see what he was doing. In gym class he made TEN baskets. Francine had only made four. That afternoon he could read the blackboard by himself. The next morning, Francine came to school with frames that did not even have glass in them.
Brandon brought this book home because he just recently got glasses and we go through this same thing almost daily. It is always a fight and he never can find them. His brother Clay is even worse. He leaves the house with the glasses, but would hide them like Arthur did once he got to school. One day, two months after he had his glasses, he forgot them at home and when I brought them to school--his teacher did not even know that he worse glasses. This book make my boys feel like they were not alone in the fact that they wore glasses, but also in the way that they felt about them.
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FINAL VIEW:
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I was happy to see that Brandon was able to pick out a book for himself that would help him with a problem that he was having. The book was also two fold for us. Even with all the reading problems that he has, Brandon was able to do quite well with this book. The illustrations were wonderful and helped him out when he needed a bit of a boost. I found the fact that there were not an over abundance of words on any one page very helpful to him as well.
This book gets two thumbs up from me. One for content and one for being age appropriate!
Little Brown and Company
Copyright 1979
ISBN: 0-316-11063-9
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