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Flying Optometrist

Author: Anderton,Joanne

Illustrator: Erasmus,Karen

Item Code: 100075864

Product Type Book

Format Hardback

ISBN 9780642279132

Publisher: NATIONAL LIBRARY OF AUSTRALIA

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The Flying Optometrist travels in his little red plane from his practice in the city to a remote outback town. Lots of people are waiting for him! Aunty can’t see well enough to carve her emu eggs and Bill the plumber has a splinter in his eye. Young Stephanie can’t wait for him to arrive as she has broken her glasses and can’t join in games of cricket and have fun with her friends.

Hurry up Flying Optometrist! Where is he? Is he lost? The townsfolk wait with baited breath until finally the Flying Optometrist’s little red plane appears, having only just missed a bad storm. A big meal waits for him in the local hotel. Then he starts work. He doesn’t have long, but he helps as many people as he can. He returns to the city but Stephanie has to wait a little longer for an exciting package to come–her new glasses!

At the back of the book are lively nonfiction sections about the ‘real’ flying optometrist and the history of aerial rural services in Australia, including the Flying Doctor Service.
Genre: General Fiction Subject: People & Places Reading Level: Foundation, Lower Primary, Middle Primary School Year: Foundation, Year 1, Year 2, Year 3 Lexile Level:: 600L Ages: 5 to 8

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