Karen has to get glasses! She doesn’t want them, especially because school pictures are going to be taken soon. But she picks out some pretty pink ones and thinks she looks very grown-up.
Then Yicky Ricky at school starts calling her names, like Owl Girl and Googly Eyes. If Karen wears her glasses for the school picture, Ricky will make fun of her. If she doesn't, she’ll feel like she’s afraid to be herself. Glasses or no glasses, that Ricky is going to get it!
The full-color illustrations are bright and detailed, and the story is fast paced and relatable.
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Kirkus
A great jumping-in point for younger readers or catnip for those wishing to soak up more time in Stoneybrook... Sure to bewitch fans new and old.
Student from Genevieve Didion Elementary in CA
March 5, 2026
User
April 23, 2024
i love it !!!!!
"Karen's school picture" i love it because Karen's glasses was really cute and a boy keep being mean but she really didn't care that he was being mean to her .
User
April 15, 2024
I like when she getting glasses
The things LOVE about the book is that when she gets glasses and she gets headache.she goes to the eye doctor.just like me I got glasses because my eyes were blurry.let just stop talking about me lets just talk more about book.I LOVE how she smile I LOVE her glasses that is why I like this book
Student
March 14, 2023
Baby-Sitters Little Sister
I loved this book and here is why, this made me feel like I was in the book and feeling how Karen when she had to go get glasses but I actually WANTED to get glasses because my sister looked so cute in glasses but enough with the glasses let's talk more book.
I LOVE Karen's smile at the end it made me smile too
Ann M. Martin is the creator of The Baby-sitters Club, which has more than 190 million books in print, making it one of the most popular series in the history of publishing. Her novels include A Corner of the Universe (a Newbery Honor Book), Belle Teal, Here Today, A Dog's Life, On Christmas Eve, and the Main Street and Family Tree series, as well as the much-loved collaborations P.S. Longer Letter Later and Snail Mail No More with Paula Danziger. Ann lives in upstate New York.
Ann M. Martin es la creadora de El Club de las Baby-sitters, que cuenta con más de 190 millones de libros impresos, lo que la convierte en una de las series más populares en la historia de la edición. Sus novelas incluyen A Corner of the Universe (un libro de honor Newbery), Belle Teal, Here Today, A Dog's Life, On Christmas Eve, y las series Main Street y Family Tree, así como las muy queridas colaboraciones P.S. Longer Letter Later y Snail Mail No More con Paula Danziger. Ann vive en el estado de Nueva York.
