Extraordinary Eyeglasses: The Amazing Invention That Helps Us See

Author:   Caroline Stevan ,  Franois Vigneault
Publisher:   Helvetiq
ISBN:  

9783039640263


Pages:   80
Publication Date:   22 August 2024
Recommended Age:   From 7 years
Format:   Hardback
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Fall in love with the amazing lenses that help us see. So many of us wear glasses. They help us read, work and play. They are for the young and old, for bookworms and professional athletes, and are used by people in every country around the world. Learn how glasses bend light and what color blindness really means. How tears work and why we have eyelids. Learn all about the human eye, and about the extraordinary vision of cats, birds and flies. Take a tour through the long history of eyeglasses and learn about optical illusions, 3-D glasses and why pandas seem to be wearing spectacles. Packed with fun comics, puzzles and games, Extraordinary Eyeglasses will help young readers understand how wearing glasses is like having a superpower!

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Author:   Caroline Stevan ,  Franois Vigneault
Publisher:   Helvetiq
Imprint:   Helvetiq
ISBN:  

9783039640263


ISBN 10:   3039640267
Pages:   80
Publication Date:   22 August 2024
Recommended Age:   From 7 years
Audience:   Children/juvenile ,  Children / Juvenile
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us.

Table of Contents

Extraordinary Eyeglasses! The Amazing Invention That Helps Us See Glasses Around the World 6 Who Invented Glasses? 8 Beryl and the Superpowered Spectacles (1) 16 Seeing The Human Eye 18, Tears 20, Eyelids 21, Sight—How it Works 24, Seeing in 3D 26, Seeing in Color 27 Types of Vision Myopia 28, Hypermetropia 30, Presbyopia 31, Astigmatism 32, Color Blindness 34, Strabismus 35, Blindness 36 Glasses Why Wear Glasses? 38, At the Ophtalmologist’s 40, At the Factory and the Optician’s 42, Eyeglasses and Lenses 44, How to Handle and Clean Glasses 46 Find the Seven Differences 48 Beryl and the Superpowered Spectacles (2) 50 Types of Glasses For Work 52, For Play 53, Sunglasses 54, Snow Glasses 55, In the Eyeglass Family 56, Magnifying Glasses 58 Beryl and the Superpowered Spectacles (3) 60 More Glasses Glasses and Art 62, 3D Glasses 63, Glasses of the Future 64, Glasses and Stereotypes 65 Sight and Animals 66 Spectacled Animals 71 Beryl and the Superpowered Spectacles (4) 72 Optical Illusions 74 Quiz 76 Answer Key 78

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"""Through colourful pages and captivating tales, this children's book on eye health illuminates the importance of caring for our precious sight. With each turn, young readers embark on a journey that inspires them to cherish their vision and embrace a bright future filled with limitless possibilities."" – Dr Andrew Cooper, Chief Executive, Vision Catalyst Fund"


"""Through colourful pages and captivating tales, this children's book on eye health illuminates the importance of caring for our precious sight. With each turn, young readers embark on a journey that inspires them to cherish their vision and embrace a bright future filled with limitless possibilities."" - Dr Andrew Cooper, Chief Executive, Vision Catalyst Fund"


"""Through colourful pages and captivating tales, this children's book on eye health illuminates the importance of caring for our precious sight. With each turn, young readers embark on a journey that inspires them to cherish their vision and embrace a bright future filled with limitless possibilities."" – Dr Andrew Cooper, Chief Executive, Vision Catalyst Fund ""[T]his book makes glasses feel desirable and interesting. The text is playful, and the artwork, done by a graphic artist, is really fun and appealing."" - Stephanie Tournas, Youth Services Book Review  ""The inside scoop on glasses, from their history to how they’re manufactured today...from premodern pieces of rock crystal to Ben Franklin’s bifocals and the first contact lenses, the book flits from eye anatomy to myopia and other common malfunctions, what a visit to an ophthalmologist is like, proper care of frames and lenses, optical instruments such as telescopes and magnifying glasses, examples of “spectacled” animals, and optical illusions."" – Kirkus"


Author Information

Caroline Stevan has been nearsighted since childhood and considers glasses to be one of mankind's greatest inventions. She is a journalist at the Swiss radio and television and passionate about social issues, she co-hosts the program Le Point J. She has two daughters, one of whom proudly wears glasses. Extraordinary Eyeglasses is her fourth book published by Helvetiq, following Blablacar, la France et moi, Be my quarantine and Citizen She!. Franois Vigneault is a cartoonist and illustrator born in the United States to Haitian and French-Canadian parents. He is the co-creator of the YA graphic novel 13e Avenue published by ditions de la Pastque in 2018 and the comic book series Orcs in Space from Oni Press (2021-22). His relatively small body of work has been nominated for a surprising number of awards (including the the Joe Shuster Award and the Bdlys Qubec Award) and has even won a few of them, including the inaugural Qubec Bookseller's Prize for best youth graphic novel. He started wearing glasses when he was 12 years old. He grew up in San Diego, California and lived in San Francisco and Portland, Oregon before landing in Qubec in 2015, where he has lived ever since.

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