Eagle Eyes: A Child's Guide to Paying Attention

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Summary: A hero with a handicap.
Review: At last, there is a book that is an entertaining story which any child would enjoy and the hero of the story is a ADD child! Reading this book in my regular education classroom helps the ADD/ADHD children. It also helps the other children have better feelings toward them.

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Summary: My son loves it
Review: Beautiful illustrations! The nature theme engaged my son's conscious mind while the healing message sank into his subconscious. He won't go to bed now without his "Eagle Eyes."

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Summary: Until there is a better term, it's a great book anyway
Review: I am outnumbered by ADD/HD family members & this kid sounds just like one of them! While I would prefere that doctors quite calling it a deficit, like there is something "wrong" with this personality type, I am NOT against medication. Most ADD people are VERY lovable & so smart, great problem solvers too. They have a lot going for them, but I have seen the use of drugs DRAMATICALLY improve their lives! When they can focus watch out! To see their self esteem soar because they CAN excell is a real blessing. So I'm glad the author included getting medication in the story. Some kids have diabetes & require medication, they are not looked down upon as inferior, nor should the child taking medication for ADD. Overall, it was a good story, opening up the world of ADD from a child's standpoint.

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Summary: AD/HD from a kids point of view
Review: I am outnumbered by ADD/HD family members & this kid sounds just like one of them! While I would prefere that doctors quite calling it a deficit, like there is something "wrong" with this personality type, I am NOT against medication. Most ADD people are VERY lovable & so smart, great problem solvers too. They have a lot going for them, but I have seen the use of drugs DRAMATICALLY improve their lives! When they can focus watch out! To see their self esteem soar because they CAN excell is a real blessing. So I'm glad the author included getting medication in the story. Some kids have diabetes & require medication, they are not looked down upon as inferior, nor should the child taking medication for ADD. Overall, it was a good story, opening up the world of ADD from a child's standpoint.

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Summary: Just right
Review: I can't believe the hardcover edition is out of print! This is one of the best books I've read to help the self-esteem of children with Add or LD or any other kind of learning problem.
It doesn't dumb down the criteria. It shows the child being the hero of the story using some of his natural abilities. It also shows some of the techniques he develops for learning. It is a wonderful story for any child with or without a disability.

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Summary: Do you really want to do this to your child?
Review: Parents should be forewarned -- in this book, the boy is castigated harshly by his sister and after a series of mishaps like spilling bird seed, the boy is taken to a doctor who tells him he's got a problem called ADD. Then the boy is medicated with drugs. I did not pre-read the book and when I came to these parts, I skipped them, which meant that there was very little left of the story. Needless to say, this is not what I was expecting. I was looking for a story about a child who has ADD symptoms, both positive and negative, where the positive ones would be highlighted and shown to be valuable. I wasn't looking for a story where the child is told he's got a problem and then medicated right in the middle of the story. The ending, where the boy uses his eagle eyes to get help for his injured father seems like a brief after-thought rather than a climax. The boy says, "I know the way," the father says, "I knew those eagle eyes would come in handy," and the story ends. Since we are against drugging our child and/or telling him he's got any kind of "defect," I would have liked to have known this was in the story so I could have avoided this rather thin book. Alternatively, the authors might want to think about fleshing out the "eagle eye" part of the story so that an anti-drug parent could skip the doctor part and still have a story. Doesn't that make better marketing sense? Just a suggestion.

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Summary: Do you really want to do this to your child?
Review: Since we are against drugging our child and/or telling him he's got any kind of "defect," I would have liked to have known this was a pretty major part of the story so we could have avoided this rather thin book. The ending, where the child says he will use his "eagle eyes" to get help was awfully brief and, frankly, seemed like an after-thought.

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Summary: A child with ADD often feels that somethig is wrong with him
Review: This charming little book tells how a young boy gained acceptance and found a hidden blessing in his ADD. All children will enjoy this story about finding our unique individual qualities.

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Summary: Until there is a better term, it's a great book anyway
Review: Until there is a better term for Attention Deficit, that's the name kids have to deal with. This is a great book anyway because the child uses his "problem of paying too close attention to minute details" to find his way out of the woods in order to rescue his dad. He is the hero and not a problem child as such. We learn some about his problems and some solutions but this well written story puts us in his shoes in a very understanding and kind way. This reminds me of a new book, Whoa Wiggle-worm by Betsy B. Lee. It discusses kind and unkind nicknames in an entertaining story showing a child learning self-control. A diagnosis is not given. The child might not be ADD or ADHD. The label is beside the point. I hope both books are in print for a very long time.

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Summary: My Son Has Eagle Eyes, Too
Review: When we were finished reading the book, that's exactly what he said, "I have eagle eyes, too Mom". The best thing about the book is that it took some of my sons behaviors and put them in a positive light. He too, looked at them almost as a gift rather than a disability. This is one way of getting through these very trying times with behaviors that aren't always easy to handle. He actually wanted me to run out and get more books from this author on this subject so he could see more of himself and his behaviors in print, in the form of a childs book. If you have a child with ADD, this would be a good book for them, too.