"The Sciece of a Pair of Glasses" by Brian Williams

This book is an informational book about glasses and everything anyone could ever know about them! It contains information about how glasses are made, how glasses work with light, how the eyes and brain function together, how to protect your eyes, the history of glasses, and much more. I like this book in particular because it has a wealth of information that is presented in a fun and attractive way. The reader-friendly pages are laid out nicely and have photographs that nicely accompany the text. The facts given are interesting and the diagrams help readers sort out the information. This book would be great for an older reader (maybe 5th or 6th grade) because there are longer paragraphs and there is a lot of text on each page. I like that it has vocabulary words in bold. This would help students pick out words that may be difficult to them and study their definitions using the glossary at the end of the book. In the classroom the teacher could even use some of these words on their weekly spelling tests. I also liked that this book has a section where students can find resources to get more information. Many times books give their information and that's all. This book, however, takes the reader above and beyond to show them links to websites that would be useful to help them investigate more in-depth. Overall this book is a great one for those who are interested in glasses and sight!