Glasses for D.W.: An Arthur Sticker Book (Red Fox picture books) - Softcover

Brown, Marc

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0099217325 ISBN 13: 9780099217329

Publisher: Red Fox, 1997

Synopsis

Whatever her brother, Arthur the aardvark, has got, little sister D.W. wants too, and she thinks his glasses are cool. Even though her eyesight is perfect, she develops an obsession for glasses - pink and heart-shaped, sparkling and diamond-encrusted, and even with built-in windscreen-wipers.

About this title

About the Author:

Marc Brown is best known as the author and illustrator who created the beloved aardvark Arthur.  This popular character was born one night over twenty years ago, when Brown was telling his oldest son, Tolon, a bedtime story.  Most of the stories he told were about animals, but that night the story just happened to be about an aardvark.  Brown has written and illustrated more than fifty Arthur and D.W. (Arthur's little sister) books since then.  He has also illustrated twelve other books with his wife--author, illustrator, and psychologist Laurie Krasny Brown.

As a child, Marc Brown's passion for drawing was encouraged by his grandmother Thora, who saved his artwork in the bottom drawer of her bureau.  "I knew it must be special," recalls Brown, "becau

From the Inside Flap:

o wear glasses, just like her big brother, Arthur.  After Arthur explains that without his glasses a hat looks like a bat and some string looks like a ring duck, D.W. sets out to prove that everything looks funny to her, too.  Finally, Arthur finds a way to make his sister see the situation a bit more clearly!

About this edition

• Publisher: Red Fox
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0099217325
• ISBN 13: 9780099217329
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 24
• Illustrator: Brown Marc