Glasses for D.W. (Step-Into-Reading, Step 3)

Brown, Marc

ISBN 10: 0679967400 / ISBN 13: 9780679967408

Published by Random House Books for Young Readers, 1996

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Bibliographic Details

Title: Glasses for D.W. (Step-Into-Reading, Step 3)

Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers

Publication Date: 1996

Binding: library

Condition: New

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Synopsis:

D.W. wants to 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 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