The Horn Book Guide

EASY READERS

McMullan, Kate

Pearl and Wagner: Four Eyes

40 pp. | Dial | September, 2010 | Trade ISBN 978-0-8037-3086-1 $15.99

(2) K-3 Dial Easy-to-Read series. Illustrated by R. W. Alley. An eye test proves that Wagner needs glasses. Although Pearl tells her newly bespectacled friend he looks cool, two older boys make fun of him. Perfectly capturing those fragile feelings of childhood, McMullan's accessible text and Alley's soft watercolor and pen-and-ink illustrations show Wagner's hesitation to stand out, his pride in being praised, and delight when his friends defend him.

Reviewer: Betty Carter | Horn Book Magazine Issue: September, 2010