Hassan Sees Everything Author: Fatma Maadoul Illustrator: Waleed Taher Cairo: Al-Shorouk Publishing House isbn: 9789770906798 12pp (age: is not identified)
Hassan Sees Everything - a small book decorated by yellow, white, red, blue and black colors- is an amazing picture book focusing on the important role of school, parents and the oculists in the children鈥檚 lives, and how each one of them can help a child to solve a problem . A boy called Hassan was sitting in the class, and suddenly, he was not able to see what was written on the board, so the teacher told him to go to an oculist. Then, he went to his family and wore his mother鈥檚 eyeglasses in order to see, but he was not able to see. His parents started to laugh at him. After that he bought his own eye glasses, he was able to see everything clearly. He then realized that he has to have eyeglasses that can match his eyesight. First of all, the book explained how parents鈥� role is important to the child, and that was shown when Hassan鈥檚 parents encouraged him to go to an oculist, and how they stood beside him there. Moreover, the painter Waleed Taher is trying to help the children know the story by looking at the paintings without reading the texts. Furthermore, in the book, the school has an important role in a child鈥檚 life as it was shown by how the teacher cares about her students, and that was obvious when she told Hassan to go to an oculist. The book will also encourage children to love their school as it was obvious in the story about how Hassan loves his school and wants to read and learn new knowledge. The book will also help children to take responsibility in life, and that was shown in the book when Hassan got to choose his own eyeglasses. Second of all, children will love to read this book because of how the characters were drawn in a childish way. This book will help children draw and paint. The book shows a real life situation, and teaches children how to behave when facing the same situation. The writer Fatma Maadoul and the illustrator Waleed Taher succeeded in visualizing a specific stage in a child鈥檚 life when facing a new experience, and get to meet new people and go to new places.