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Author: Marc Brown
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press/Little, Brown and Co.
Narrated by: Bill Cosby
Description: Arthur needs glasses to help him see. LeVar explores many different ways of perceiving the world by using all his senses. Bill Cosby narrates the feature book and Maya Angelou reads a poem from "All the Colors of the Race."
Activity Suggestion: Have a "feelie box" with an opening for students to feel but not look. They must guess what the object is by touch alone. Ask the students to contribute to contents of the box.
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