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Glasses: Who Needs 'Em? (1991)

by Lane Smith

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A boy is unhappy about having to wear glasses, until his doctor provides an imaginative list of well-adjusted eyeglass wearers.
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This is a delightful book. The only caveat is that some of the images might be scary. A young boy needs glasses. He refuses to wear them because he thinks they will make him look like a geek, and will be made fun of.

The optometrist tells him he will be impressed with all the things he will like.
This optometrist shows the boy some of the things he will see. ( )
  Whisper1 | Apr 30, 2021 |
author shows and talks about what its like to see with glasses ages 3 to 6
  Luckydog123 | Aug 15, 2018 |
Glasses: Who Needs 'Em? by Lane Smith is about a boy who doesn't want to wear glasses. An optometrist with a sense of humor and great patience finally convinces him to.

The story consists of an illustrated conversation between the two. It gets sillier and sillier, with examples that include potatoes, dinosaurs and little green men.

The book is well suited either to young children who have to wear glasses and might not want to, or for siblings who don't know what to make of the new glasses on their brother or sister.

My daughter and I read the book together after my son got his first pair of glasses. Remarkably he was fine with needing them — relieved actually once he could see properly. His friends at school were also very supportive. But my daughter, wasn't so sure at first. ( )
  pussreboots | Jul 28, 2015 |
Humorous story about a boy who doesn't believe he needs glasses, but does believe his doctor is a little kooky. In the end, he is convinced, A book that young children are sure to love and laugh along with. ( )
  rhigginbotham | Dec 1, 2014 |
Review: A book about a boy and his new glasses. The little boy doesn't want them but after all the crazy silly things his eye doctor tells him , he decides try a pair and gets some glasses.

Ages: 3-5

Source: Pierce ECE library
  DavidGriffin | May 18, 2014 |
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To Salvino d'Armato, Ben Franklin, and Saint Jerome --L.S.
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Okay this was the situation: my doctor said I needed glasses.
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