The pirate of kindergarten

Title:

Author:

Lyon, George Ella, 1949-

ISBN:

9781416950240

Personal Author:

Lyon, George Ella, 1949-

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication Information:

New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2010.

Physical Description:

1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 27 cm.

General Note:

"A Richard Jackson book."

Abstract:

Ginny's eyes play tricks on her, making her see everything double, but when she goes to vision screening at school and discovers that not everyone sees this way, she learns that her double vision can be cured.

Reading Level:

004-008.

Language:

English

Subject Term:

Vision -- Juvenile fiction.

Vision disorders -- Juvenile fiction.

Schools -- Juvenile fiction.

Added Author:

Avril, Lynne, 1951-

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Summary

Doubles are good for lots of things--double scoops of ice cream, double features at the movies. But double vision is NOT a good kind of double. In fact, it can make kindergarten kind of hard. Ginny sees double chairs at reading circle and double words in her books. She knows that only half of what she sees is real, but which half? The solution to her problem is wondrously simple: an eye patch! Ginny becomes the pirate of kindergarten.With the help of her pirate patch, Ginny can read, run, and even snip her scissors with double the speed! Vibrant illustrations from Lynne Avril capture the realities of what Ginny sees both before and after.

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Booklist Review

Ginny enjoys kindergarten, but she does have some difficulties, and occasionally children laugh when she runs into chairs or reads lines of text twice. Her teacher notices that the child closes one eye to read, but on Vision Screening Day, the school nurse discovers that Ginny has double vision. When the doctor gives her a temporary eye patch, Ginny wears it with style and becomes a Kindergarten Pirate, suddenly better at numbers, scissors, and reading and no longer tense from concentrating in order to avoid mistakes. Created with pastels, acrylics, and colored pencils, Avril's bold and wonderfully vivid mixed-media illustrations sometimes portray the classroom through Ginny's eyes, with overlapping images of chairs, books, and people, though they usually present an outside perspective. Based on Lyon's own experience, the sensitively written story radiates empathy and good humor. Even children who have not experienced Ginny's problem will understand her occasional frustration and find it intriguing that one person can literally see the world differently from another.--Phelan, Carolyn Copyright 2010 Booklist