Arlo Needs Glasses

By Barney Saltzberg

A dog discovers the joy of glasses and a new way to play.

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24 pages

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Bookroo's summary

Arlo, a playful dog, loves catching balls until his vision blurs. A trip to the eye doctor reveals he needs glasses. With newfound clarity, Arlo not only excels at his favorite game but also discovers a love for reading. Join Arlo on an interactive journey with eye charts and try-on glasses, as he shows kids that wearing glasses is a fun adventure. Will Arlo become the best ball-catcher again, and what new hobbies will he uncover? Dive into this delightful tale of vision and discovery.

From the publisher

Every child who wears glasses will know just how Arlo feels, and will feel better because of it. And every parent will want that child to know that glasses are cool and fun and enable us to do the things we want to do. Take Arlo: He’s a shaggy, free-spirited dog who loves to play catch, until one day he can’t. He can’t see the ball anymore. He needs glasses!

In this inventive, interactive (and now revised) picture book created by Barney Saltzberg, the bespectacled author of Beautiful Oops!, who charms young readers and their parents with a perfect light touch and joyful spirit, kids get to do just what Arlo does to solve his problem. They read an eye chart, look through a lift-the-flap phoropter (that big machine optometrists use), and try on different pairs of glasses—movie star glasses! superhero glasses! mad scientist glasses! And they interact with Arlo as he rediscovers how to be the best ball-catcher in the neighborhood and picks up a new favorite pastime along the way—reading! One out of five school-age children needs glasses. Arlo will show them just how lucky they are.

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