Blueberry Eyes [Paperback]

Monica Driscoll Beatty (Author), Peg Michel (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up

Blueberry Eyes is a charming, non-fiction children's book which addresses many aspects of eye treatment, such as wearing glasses, eye patches, or undergoing eye muscle surgery. Beautifully illustrated with lively, four-color illustrations on every page, the book also touches on many of the feelings that a child may experience about his or her eye treatment. Not only does it educate, but it reassures small patients and lets them identify with a heroine who is "just like me!"

Editorial Reviews

Review

Delightful...well written...magnificently illustrated. A developmental model for parents and children to use as they negotiate life's changes, whether that change is an illness, a loss or a surgery. -- J. Kevin Nugent, Founder and Director Brazelton Center for Infants & Parents Children's Hospital, Boston

Recommended for parent's purchase rather than library lending (no spine lettering to this oversized paperback) is a fine story for ages 3-10 which tells of a young child's eye treatment, from glasses to surgery. Positive self-esteem is the emphasis in this realistic story of illness and recovery. -- Midwest Book Review

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4 and up
  
• Paperback: 32 pages
• Publisher: Health Press (NM) (April 1, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0929173244
• ISBN-13: 978-0929173245
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.6 x 0.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #425,924 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I love This BOOK!, January 4, 2000

By 

Kimberly Arnold (Ellensburg Washington) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Blueberry Eyes (Paperback)

I bought this book because my 1 year old son has vision issues and was about to undergo Strabismus Surgery. This Book has been a great help to our family. My daughter was able to understand more about her brothers eye issues after I read this book to her than if I was to try to explain it myself. The little girl in the story, Meaghan, touched my heart and reading her story has helped us to understand how a child feels about his/her eye condition. I have recomended this book to many others as a Must Read for the entire family, especially when faced with a vision problem!..

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book for any family/child with crossed eyes-strabismus, December 19, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Blueberry Eyes (Paperback)

As a pediatric ophthalmologist, I keep this book in my waiting room for the parents and chldren to read/learn about crossed eyes (strabismus). It talks about wearing glasses and even having eye muscle surgery in a positive and supportive fashion. A "must read" for any child facing the sometimes daunting and always a little bit scary trip to the hospital (and also a supportive tool for mom and dad).

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Eye Problems with a Happy Ending, July 12, 2001

By 

Michele Collins (Lebanon, NJ United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Blueberry Eyes (Paperback)

Blueberry Eyes was written to help a little girl cope with various eye problems including wearing glasses at a very young age (four months), wearing an eye patch and going through eye surgery. It is very detailed, and sometimes uses words that are more complex than they have to be (corridor for hallway). The child telling the story is a seven-year-old girl, and the illustrations are darling. She is depicted as cute and happy wearing her glasses. She is also depicted as having red, sore eyes after surgery, but the pictures are not frightening at all.

This book had more information than I needed to prepare my four-year-old for her first pair of glasses. When reading it to her I deleted most of the surgery discussion since that didn't concern us. It was helpful to see little girls wearing glasses, and my daughter was engaged by the illustrations and the story. I plan to recommend this book to my eye care professional as a reference for patients.