Arlo Needs Glasses

　　阿洛近視了！與主人玩牠最愛的抛接球時，開始抓不準距離、看不到清楚的球…主人原本還以為牠忘了如何接球，找了半天帶著牠進了眼科量視力，原來阿洛近視了，需要戴眼鏡來矯正。配戴眼鏡的阿洛果然恢復了眼力，玩起抛接球不但接球神準，也開始了以往視力不好時的另一項興趣：閱讀。原來以前阿洛不喜歡看書，是因為閱讀對阿洛來說是件辛苦的事、字都看不清楚。有了眼鏡後，阿洛能夠看清楚故事在說什麼，也開始享受閱讀帶來的樂趣了！

　　《Arlo Needs Glasses》以狗狗阿洛近視，搭配在各項生活中因近視所帶來的挫折與難題，讓孩子從故事中認識視力的重要性，以及近視可能帶來的不便；提醒爸爸媽媽從孩子的生活舉止變化中，查覺孩子可能遭遇的學習問題。本書生動地從附件的眼鏡、模糊的視力表、可拉動的抛接遊戲…等立體活動中，邊玩邊學習保護視力的觀念。【文∕博客來外文館】

　　Every child who wears glasses will know just how Arlo feels, and will feel better because of it. And every parent will want that child to know that glasses are cool and fun and enable us to do the things we want to do. Take Arlo: He’s a shaggy, free-spirited dog who loves to play catch, until one day he can’t. He can’t see the ball anymore. He needs glasses!

　　In this inventive, interactive picture book created by Barney Saltzberg, the bespectacled author ofBeautiful Oops!, who charms young readers and their parents with a perfect light touch and joyful spirit, kids get to do just what Arlo does to solve his problem. They read an eye chart, look through a fold-out phoropter (that big machine optometrists use), and try on different pairs of glasses — movie star glasses! superhero glasses! mad scientist glasses! And they interact with Arlo as he rediscovers how to be the best ball-catcher in the neighborhood and picks up a new favorite pastime along the way — reading! One out of five school-age children needs glasses. Arlo will show them just how lucky they are.

作者簡介

　　Barney Saltzberg is the author of more than 30 books for children, including Beautiful Oops!, A Little Bit of Oomph, Good Egg and the bestselling Touch and Feel Kisses series. Additionally, he’s recorded four albums of songs for children. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife, two dogs, and a pond full of fish.