Heidi Heckelbeck Gets Glasses

Brief Description: When her friend Lucy Lancaster gets glasses, Heidi notices all the attention Lucy gets and decides that she, too, needs a new look. Heidi pretends that she has trouble seeing. All goes as planned and Heidi gets a cool pair of glassesNbut when she puts them on there's just one problem: she can't see a thing. Illustrations. Brief Description: When she gets glasses, Heidi's friend Lucy gets a lot of attention at school, and eight-year-old Heidi decides that she must have glasses too, until her Aunt Trudy helps her to see that she really does not need them. Brief Description: Includes an excerpt from Heidi Heckelbeck and the secret admirer. Marc Notes: Includes an excerpt from Heidi Heckelbeck and the secret admirer.; When she gets glasses, Heidi's friend Lucy gets a lot of attention at school, and eight-year-old Heidi decides that she must have glasses too, until her Aunt Trudy helps her to see that she really does not need them.;005-007. Publisher Marketing: Heidi Heckelbeck sees things differently in this whimsically witchy chapter book. When her friend Lucy Lancaster gets glasses, Heidi notices all the attention Lucy gets and decides that she, too, needs a new look. In order to get glasses, Heidi pretends that she has trouble seeing. All goes as planned and Heidi gets a cool pair of glasses--but when she puts them on there's just one problem: She can't see a thing! Heidi walks around with fuzzy vision and makes many messes until she realizes that she doesn't need a pair of glasses to make her special. With easy-to-read language and illustrations on almost every page, the Heidi Heckelbeck chapter books are perfect for beginning readers. Review Citations:

School Library Journal 10/01/2012 pg. 120 (EAN 9781442441712, Paperback)

Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2013 pg. 54 (EAN 9781442441712, Paperback)

Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2013 pg. 54 (EAN 9781442441729, Hardcover)

Contributor Bio:  Coven, Wanda Wanda Coven has always loved magic. When she was little, she used to make secret potions from smooshed shells and acorns. Then she would pretend to transport herself and her friends to enchanted places. Now she visits other worlds through writing. Wanda lives with her husband and son in San Jose, California. They have three cats: Hilda, Agnes, and Claw-dia. Contributor Bio:  Burris, Priscilla Priscilla Burris is the illustrator of many mass market picture books as well as the popular Heidi Heckelbeck chapter book series by Wanda Coven. Edgar's Second Word is her first picture book in a new, charming style. She lives in Southern California and can also be found at www.priscillaburris.com.