Author(s): Sahar Naja Mahfouz

Picture Books

A boy sees dancing letters everywhere he goes. He finds them entertaining and constantly creates a beat in his head to go with the rhythm of the dances he sees. With time, these letters start to give him a hard time and cause him a strong headache. His grades are affected tremendously and he is unable to solve his homework or concentrate in class. He doesn’t know what to and who to tell until one day his father realizes that he’s got a problem. He takes him to the optometrist for an eye check up where he gets a prescription for eyeglasses. His letters stop dancing and his grades go up again. Dancing Letters represents the problems of eyesight for little children and their inability to understand the problem and highlights the importance for caretakers to pay attention to the matter and solve it instantly.