When Kate can't find her family on the beach, her parents realise she is short sighted. A good story to share when a child needs glasses, and for others to understand the experience.
Kate is the small, quiet one in a family of boisterous children. 'What big, brown eyes you have!' says her mum. 'All the better to see you with!' says Kate. But Kate doesn't know what other people can see, and no-one things to ask her exactly what she sees, until one day on a crowded beach...
Margaret Wild is the author of many successful books, including The very best of friends, the 1990 Children's Book Council of Australia Picture Book of the Year. Pat Reynolds is a versatile painter and illustrator. Her first picture book, Tom's friend, won the 1991 Whitley Award.