Socrates' parents have been snatched up by the dogcatcher, leaving him an orphan alone on the streets. Abandoned, hungry, and shunned by the other street dogs, Socrates wonders if he'll ever have a home of his very own. And even more importantly, he wonders if he'll ever have a friend. Then one day Socrates finds a curious object, and from that moment on, everyone looks at him quite differently…
There's good luck and bad luck. For Nomi, bad luck is tripping over the family cat and squinting at the blackboard. But when she gets her special eyeglasses, Nomi discovers that the best luck of all is being able to see better than ever.
Physical Well-Being / Eyes and Ears / Joy Cowley Well-Being Series /// This is a great product sourced from BIML - Bible In My Language, the leader in foreign language Bibles and outreach materials from Baltimore, Maryland in the USA. BIML stocks Bibles in more than 600 languages.
Text and photographs introduce eyes, and provides information on how to keep eyes healthy.
Monty the Menace, the first in a series of books about special needs, explores “being different” and how it feels to be placed in this category. The fully illustrated book tells the story of Monty, an accident-prone kitten whose problems are caused by his inability to see clearly. It exposes children to Monty’s feelings and the reactions of his family to his antics before and after he get…
The Kiwi Bites series are pitched at young readers (7-12) with the aim of building reading skills and confidence. They have strong plot-based stories, with themes of humour, confidence, sport, adventure, caring, journeys and problem-solving. Arnie is prescribed spectacles to wear for a year or two. However, he thinks only losers wear specs and refuses to wear them. After bumping into lamp-posts…