Boy In The Big Blue Glasses

(Hardback)

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When Sam gets his first pair of glasses, he feels like no one knows who he is anymore. His parents say he looks handsome in them and his grandpa thinks he must be a superhero, but Sam just wants to be himself. Even at school, everyone except his best friend George seems to have forgotten who he is. How will Sam make the world see him again

Follow Sam as he tries to remind people who he is, abandons his glasses at every chance he gets, and even faces giant penguins and googly-eyed turtles in his journey back to his old self. Young readers will delight in the vibrant illustrations and Sams imaginative antics, from building pirate ships with George to fending off sharks as captain on the high seas. And the more he returns to his adventurous ways, and rediscovers his confidence and sense of humour, the more people see him not as some anonymous handsome superhero, but as Sam.

The Boy in the Big Blue Glasses is an action-packed story about overcoming your fears of other peoples perceptions and not shying away from being yourself. Any children dealing with new glasses or other changes in their appearance will find inspiration in Sams bravery. After all, how big or blue your glasses are doesnt make any difference when youre captain of a pirate ship!

Author Bio

Susanne Gervay is an award-winning Australian author, educational consultant and childrens book advisor who has published 15 previous childrens books. She is recognized for her youth literature on social justice, having received the Lifetime Social Justice Literature Award for Childrens Literature. Marjorie Crosby-Fairall is a designer and freelance illustrator. Her books have appeared on the Premiers Reading Challenge lists, and she won the CBCA Eve Pownall Award for her first picture book.