I Wish I Had Glasses Like Rosa

by Kathryn Heling, Deborah Hembrook, Bonnie Adamson (Illustrator)

How far will girls go to be like their best friend? Rosa and Abby grow to appreciate their own uniqueness. Two boys books and two girls books in this I Wish series.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Realistic Fiction

32 pages, Hardcover

First published February 22, 2007

Reviews

[Jim · Rating 3 out of 5]

If i had a "too damn old" shelf this would be the first book on it.

i don't understand the book, when i was a kid glasses made you a Four-Eyes and got you beat up. The day i got contacts was one of the two or three best days in my life.

Rosa has glasses and her bestie is soooo jealous, i've talked to kids at church who are proud and happy to wear the things, never been my experience. Wish Harry Potter had been around back then. Another difference is mine really were thicker than Coke bottle bottoms and i had to sit in the front row of classrooms.

i liked the art and the predictable ending, the book could be deserving of five stars but it is more fantasy than anything Tolkien ever wrote.

[MissDziura · Rating 3 out of 5]

I listened to Kathryn Heling's book I Wish I Had Glasses Like Rosa on tumblebooks. The book is written for K-3rd graders. The story centers around Abby a girl who is jealous of how beautiful her friend Rosa looks in her glasses. She tries to make her own glasses using goggles even when she does not swim, and clay. In the end she realizes that she is as beautiful as her friend even though she does not have the glasses to prove it. This is an extremely appropriate story to read to students when discussing what makes us different. There is a second book called I Wish I Had Freckles Like Abby told from Rosa's perspective. Both books would be welcome additions to classroom libraries as books to celebrate the differences we all have.

[Lindsay Kaiktsian · Rating 5 out of 5]

Heling, K., Hembrook,D., & Adamson,B. (2009). I Wish I Had Glasses Like Rosa . Raven Tree Press.

Library of Virginia

Tumblebooks


Everyone wishes that they had something that their best friend had. This book explains just that with the story line being about a young girl wanting glasses like her best friend. But in the end it turns out that her best friend wants something that she has. This book would be a great way to talk about differences and being happy with who you are. Great for readers in grades K-4.

[Lauren · Rating 2 out of 5]

Abbey wishes she had glasses like her friend Rosa because she thinks they look beautiful. Abbey tried on all sorts of glasses like her grandma's reading glasses, clay glasses and even party glasses, but none of them seem to work. Rosa tells Abbey that she wishes she had freckles like her.

This story demonstrates the importance of individuality. Every child is different and spacial in their own way. The children should be encouraged to feel unique after this book.

[Stacey Learst · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a great book to teach children about differences in one another. I also liked how the book was in English and Spanish to teach children some Spanish. At the end of the book I liked that it had vocabulary words both in English and Spanish for the teacher to go over with the students.
Really great learning experience book.

[Dolly · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a fun tale about wanting something you don't have. Another example of "the grass is always greener..." Our girls enjoyed watching the story on the Tumblebooks website. (tumblebooks.com)

[Sam Willis · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is about 2 girls who are friends and one of them really likes the glasses the other one is wearing. A decent book for a kid that might be upset about needing to get glasses.