Customer Reviews
Arthur gets his Glasses - By: Leah, 29 Aug 2005 
I love this book!It's great!Here's the story.Arthur's looking finein class but he can't see.He even sometimes got headaches.Arthur's book was held so close his nose wasin the way. Arthur can't see the board so Francine has to help him read the problems.She got every one right.Arthur didn't.Francine was not happy all the time & was always asking Arthur to see if he's blind.In the gym nobody wants to play with Arthur.He couldn't hit the basket when he was playing basketball.Arthur's mother & father takes him on a trip to the Optometrist.Dr.Iris takes a closer look at Arthur's eyes.She says that he needs glasses.Arthur tries all kinds of frames then he chose the ones he liked best.Arthur's father says that he looked very handsomein his new glasses.Arthur says that everything looks clearer.His mother says that he looked very smart.But the next day at school Arthur's friends were laughing at him.He was called four-eyes by Francine & he was called a sissy by Buster.Arthur's friends never wore glasses.His family never wore glasses,either.He was devastated.He won't care if he can see.He doesn't want to be called four-eyes.Arthur decides to lose his glasses.Arthur takes off his shirt & puts itin the laundry.Inside his front pocket were his glasses. His mother found them the next day & was not very pleased.She says that he has to be more careful.He's lucky they weren't broken.At school,Arthur puts his glassesin his lunchbox & tells his teacher he forgot them.But things are harder to see now.Arthur has to count the doors when he walks down the hall to the boys'bathroom.Arthur opens the door.Francine wasin there & she was talking.What was she doingin the boys'bathroom.But Francine told Arthur to get out.It was the girls'bathroom.Arthur's bumping into walls & can't find the door.The girls are now screaming & shoutng.In the hall the doors begin to open.Everyone runs out.The principal arrives.Everyone's staring at Arthur.Arthur begins to turn red.He wants to hide.Arthur's sent to the principals office.In the classroom Arthur's teacher was talking to him.He says to keep his glassesin a case as he does.Arthur asked that his teacher wear glasses.His teacher says that he does for reading.He takes them out.They're like Arthurs.And they're brown.This suddenly makes Arthur feel better.Arthur goes to his lunchbox & puts his glasses on.In the gym,Arthur made the most baskets & they were ten but Francine made the least baskets & they were four.In the afternoon,Arthur doesn't need Francine to read the problems on the board.Arthur got every problem right.Arthur can see Francines paper.She got two wrong.After school,Francine asks Arthur to be on her team.He says that he'll consider it.The next day at school Arthur looks surprised when he met Francine.She says that they're her movie star glasses.Arthur says that there's no glassin them.Francine says that it doesn't matter.It helps her concentrate & make her look beautiful.In the afternoon a photgrapher takes the class picture.Arthur says to just a minute & takes out his glasses & carefully polished them & put them on.The photographer says that everyone is ready.Francine says to wait & ran to get her purse.She took out her movie star glasses & put them on.Francine says that she's ready.The photographer says to the children to smile.There's now a picture of the sencond grade children.
The End
That was a great story.
Very helpful for a child who is about to get glasses. - By: , 07 May 1999 This book really helped my son, who was about to get glasses, to realize that people would still like him & be his friends even though he would look a little different. My son's kindergarten teacher read the book to his class & a lot of his classmates ended up thinking that getting glasses would be "cool".
I thought it was a very good book. - By: , 09 Jul 1998 I think it is really a good book beacause it shows the readers that you can be different & still be specialin your own way. The glasses helped him to do everything better. I recommend the book. I think it gives the children a sense of self-esteem of you can look & be different but still be unique. Same way with Arthur & his friends. At first it was different for his friends to get used to him with glasses, but later he aced his tests & everyone wanted him to be on their basketball team. This is a wonderfully thoughtful book.
