Arthur's Eyes: An Arthur Adventure

by Marc Brown

Book Overview

None of Arthur's friends wear glasses and his classmates tease him But when he stops wearing them, he gets in all kinds of trouble. Maybe four eyes really are better than two.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0316110698
• ISBN13: 9780316110693
• Release Date: May 1986
• Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 7.3" x 10.0"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

A fan of the original artwork...

I have to say that I grew up with the orginal artwork and was very sad when I saw one of my favorite books had been modernized to the PBS version of Arthur instead of when he was an arrdvark. So I, unlike others, was very pleased when I opened the book and realized it was the orginal artwork and not the homogeneous version of Arthur. To all who think it's bad art: it's just a different style than what you are used to seeing. But that doesn't make it bad. However, I can appreciate thinking you're going to see something you're familiar with and seeing something completely different. So I do sympathize with you in that.

New Glasses

I read Arthur's Eyes. I think you should read this book because there is a funny surprise in the middle of the book. In this book, Arthur gets glasses. My favorite part is when he tries on glasses. This part was funny because some of the glasses looked funny on Arthur. I liked this book.

A good book for young children

Arthur's Eyes is a tale about a Arthur getting his first pair of glasses, andlearning to be proud to wear them. Arthur is teased by his fellowclassmates and is embarrassed of having to wear glasses. He soonlearns that wearing glasses improves his school performance, andeventually leads to his acceptance by his classmates. Arthur's Eyescaptured our attention with the colorful artwork, although at times the drawings were of low quality. The cover picture of Arthur is not the same picture portrayed in the actual book, and this maybe disappointing for children who are used to the PBS television show. However, the message the pictures convey are appropiate for the intended age group. The story is short enough for a young child to read in one sitting, which would be good for a bedtime story. Young children who read this book will learn to be proud of their personal image if they get eyeglasses. They will also learn to accept other children who wear glasses. We would recommend this book for classroom reading and as leisure reading.

Very helpful for a child who is about to get glasses.

This book really helped my son, who was about to get glasses, to realize that people would still like him and be his friends even though he would look a little different. My son's kindergarten teacher read the book to his class and a lot of his classmates ended up thinking that getting glasses would be "cool".

I thought it was a very good book.

I think it is really a good book beacause it shows the readers that you can be different and still be special in 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 and be different but still be unique. Same way with Arthur and his friends. At first it was different for his friends to get used to him with glasses, but later he aced his tests and everyone wanted him to be on their basketball team. This is a wonderfully thoughtful book.