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1) Seeing
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"This photo-illustrated book for young readers describes how seeing works and what we learn about our surroundings through our sense of sight"--
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Young children are naturally curious about themselves. I Need Glasses offers answers to their most compelling questions about their eyesight. Age-appropriate explanations and appealing photos encourage readers to continue their quest for knowledge. Additional text features and search tools, including a glossary and an index, help students locate information and learn new words.
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Glaucoma Signs And SymptomsOnly a percentage of the population knows that glaucoma can cause irreversible blindness.Unless we know the warning signals or experience the symptoms, we rarely miss changes in our eyes.A puff test detects very modest ocular pressure and eye hypertension during routine eye check-ups but it is not enough.We may need immediate eye treatment should we have:cloudy or blurry vision,headaches,nausea,or even a severe cataract...
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Hank the Cowdog volume 2
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Hank the Cowdog almost loses his job as Head of Ranch Security when he develops a case of Eye-Crosserosis.
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"What if you woke up one morning and your eyes weren't yours? What If You Had Animal Eyes?--the next imaginative book in the What If You Had series--explores what would happen if you looked in the mirror and saw an pair of animal eyes instead of your own! From the chameleon's eyes that can point in different directions, to the colossal squid's eyes that shine in the dark, discover what it would be like if you had these special eyes--and find out why...
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Transplanted and Exposed is a brutally candid, quirky and amusing memoir recounting a period of the author's life when a number of health issues spiralled out of control - a period that ended with a double-organ transplant.
Opening from the moment he wakes from that operation, the book details a life led with many hidden, and not-so-hidden, disabilities. It contains flashbacks and anecdotes to medical events, with the aim to share a frank and unflinching...
10) Bessie Busy Bee
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Bessie Busy Bee finds herself in a scary situation. She has to make serious decisions. Her eyesight seems to be declining. Will Bessie Busy Bee loose her place in the Hive Community? Will she give up or face those challenges'?
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This book is a must-have for people that will undergo or are currently recovering from a vitrectomy surgery, especially those that had a retinal detachment-and, as a result, are required to maintain a facedown position. It is also, recommended for support persons and healthcare providers that are caring for vitrectomy patients.
If you're a patient
You will gain an understanding of the overall experience from start to finish, and an understanding of...
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"From New York Times bestselling Joanna Ho, of Eyes that Kiss in the Corners, and award-winning educator Liz Kleinrock comes a powerful companion picture book about adoption and family. A young girl who is a transracial adoptee learns to love her Asian eyes and finds familial connection and meaning through them, even though they look different from her parents'. Her family bond is deep and their connection is filled with love. She wonders about her...
15) Squint
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Flint Minett has keratoconus, an eye disease, but desperately wants to win a comic book art contest so that he and his new friend McKell Panganiban will be better accepted at middle school.
16) Egg or eyeball?
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Brain is not so smart; he thinks an egg is an eyeball. Chick, and then a variety of other animals, tell him no, it's an egg. Some animals want to eat the egg; other animals want to eat some of the other animals. Then a monster-y guy comes along and wants to eat all the other animals. But it turns out it IS his eyeball. When he can see again, he doesn't want to eat anybody.
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"As a girl coming of age during the Civil Rights Movement, Patricia Bath made it her mission to become a doctor. When obstacles like racism, poverty, and sexism threatened this goal, she persevered--brightening the world with a game-changing treatment for blindness!"--Inside book jacket.
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A young Asian boy notices that his eyes look different from his peers' after seeing his friend's drawing of them. After talking to his father, the boy realizes that his eyes rise to the skies and speak to the stars, shine like sunlit rays, and glimpse trails of light from those who came before--in fact, his eyes are like his father's, his agong's, and his little brother's, and they are visionary. Inspired by the men in his family, he recognizes...
19) Naturally Tan
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Before becoming a star of the show Queer Eye, Tan France was a member of one of the very few South Asian, Muslim families living in South Yorkshire, England, where he was routinely bullied for both his culture and his skin color. To avoid further abuse and a rift with his family, he did not come out as gay until the age of 34. In this memoir, France illuminates his winding journey of coming of age, finding his voice (and style!), and marrying the...