Spectacles by Ellen Raskin

Spectacles Reviews

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  Susanne

  A childhood favorite before I even needed glasses. If you can still find a copy of this, highly recommended!
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  Tatiana

  The cover is a great indication of what you'll find inside, though I didn't realize it until after I was done reading.
  
  This is a story about a little girl who needs to get glasses, because the world she sees around her is not what it seems. She sees wacky, imaginative creatures out of common-day objects and the people around her, due to her lack of glasses.
  
  Alternating between the pages to see the real object, and the imagined one, is the most entertaining part about this book.
  
  Would have loved to read this when I had to get glasses as a child. Would have inspired confidence in me.
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  Annie

  My mom bought this book for me when I first got glasses. It's cute and imaginative illustrations show children why it's important to wear their glasses. I have read it to my young students who didn't want to wear their glasses.
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  Amy

  Cute book, and the kids and I liked it. The real fun came later, though, when the kids asked me to take off my glasses and tell them what they looked like as they made faces and struck poses.
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  Pam

  Children's. Pictures alternate between what the child sees and what it really is. Good book to share with children who are getting glasses for the first time.
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  Siskiyou-Suzy

  I liked the concept when I flipped through it: girls without glasses imagines fanciful shapes. It's cool to show the kids the geometric things going on, and how one thing can look like another. But they seemed like they didn't really get it. And the ending was so stupid, with all this stuff about what sort of glasses she wanted, etc., that took away from the story.
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  Kokeshi

  I loved this book as a child. I still have my childhood copy and reread it recently. It is just as funny and charming as I remembered. I am thrilled to be reading more of Raskin's work presently with The Westing Game.
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  Jessica

  Such a charming picture book, about a girl who is surrounded by fanciful creatures, until the day she gets spectacles.
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  Robin

  This is such a clever book! I used it for a storytime about wearing eyeglasses and I just fell in love with it!
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  Toryn

  read this book today & already in love with it!