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Informationen zum Autor George Ella Lyon is the author of Trucks Roll! , Planes Fly! , and Boats Float! , cowritten with her son Benn. Among George Ella’s other books are the ALA Notable All the Water in the World , What Forest Knows , and Time to Fly . A former Kentucky Poet Laureate, she lives with her family in Lexington, Kentucky. Visit her online at GeorgeEllaLyon.com. Lynne Avril is the illustrator of several books for children, including The Penny Pot by Stuart J. Murphy; He Saves the Day by Marsha Hayles; and One Little, Two Little, Three Little Pilgrims by B. G. Hennessy. Ms. Cravath lives with her family in Phoenix, Arizona. Visit her online at lynneavril.com Klappentext Ginny was not born a pirate. But since her birth she was headed in that direction. This book tells the story of Ginny's voyage towards earning herself an eye patch - a voyage made mostly at school. No other kid there had the honor. Words and pictures offer up a double helping of surprise on the subject of seeing. Zusammenfassung Doubles are good for lots of things—double scoops of ice cream! double features at the movies. But double vision is NOT a good kind of double. In fact! it can make kindergarten kind of hard. Ginny sees double chairs at reading circle and double words in her books. She knows that only half of what she sees is real! but which half? The solution to her problem is wondrously simple: an eye patch! Ginny becomes the pirate of kindergarten.With the help of her pirate patch! Ginny can read! run! and even snip her scissors with double the speed! Vibrant illustrations from Lynne Avril capture the realities of what Ginny sees both before and after.
