The Patch

by Justina Chen

Book Overview

"The kids at school want to know why Becca is wearing glasses and a patch. Instead of telling them she has amblyopia, Becca leads her friends on imaginative adventures to explain her new fashion... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1580890490
• ISBN13: 9781580890496
• Release Date: February 2006
• Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.6" x 11.2"
• Age Range: 5 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Absolutely perfect for my daughter with amblyopia

I could swear that little becca on the front is my daughter! In fact my 4 year old didn't want to wear her patch because she thought people who think "she looks ridiculous" - Ballerina's aren't pirates, princesses aren't pirates, etc. etc etc. She was able to relate to Becca throughout and has asked if she could take this book to school with her to share "because the kids have fun even though Becca has on an eye patch". Its tough being a little girl with an eye patch and this book really does help. I'm so glad I got it for my daughter who recently was diagnosed with amblyopia.

Great way to introduce a young girl to a patch

When my 3 and 1/2 year old daughter was told she would have to wear a patch for 2 hours a day, she was devestated (ok, both of us were)... This book helped us both get use to the idea. For the first few days of her patching we would sit and read this book together. Now she plays as she wears her patch and sometimes you hear her say... "I am a Pirate Ballerina" =)

our own attitude affects how others feel

This book is a wonderful example of how our own attitude influences how others feel about our problems, handicaps, and differences of any kind.

Great book

Ordered book for my daughter who has the same problem. Great book, but delivery was a little slow.

About a girl who ashamed to wear a patch over her eye

"The Patch" is children's author Justina Headley's 32-page picturebook story about Becca, a little girl who must deal with a condition known as Amblyopia or 'lazy eye', and whose eye doctor prescribes new glasses and the wearing of an eye patch over her good eye to help her lazy eye grow stronger. The problem for Becca is that wearing an eye patch might make her friends think less of her. So she makes up wild stories about why she's wearing an eye patch. Is she a pirate, or a private detective, or a monster? Justina's wonderfully charming story is expertly enhanced with the matching illustrations of Mitch Vane who is able to expressively capture Becca's exuberance and light heartedness during her seeming adversity. A highly entertaining and recommended addition to both school and community library collections, "The Patch" is particularly recommended reading for any child ages 5 to 8 that must deal with a 'lazy eye' treatment themselves.