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THE COWBOY SURPRISE by William Wise

THE COWBOY SURPRISE

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Pub Date: Nov. 7th, 1961
Publisher: Putnam

Mike and Sally are upset when their classmates ridicule them for wearing glasses. But when their favorite cowboy hero comes to town and performs tricks with specs on, they are thoroughly heatened. Hero worship when directed toward a positive goal can be a virtually instructive tool. In this cases the other children re-evaluate their feelings about a common ""handicap"", but more important, the stigma attached to wearing glasses is thoroughly eradicated in the minds of Mike and Sally. Paul Galdone's light touch reveals a couple of winning though hespectacted young. A See and Read book.