First Lady of the Seeing Eye

First Lady of the Seeing Eye
By Morris Frank and Blake Clark

First Lady of the Seeing Eye is a book written by Morris Frank and Blake Clark. I read the Reader's Digest condensed version. It is about the first seeing eye dog in America, Buddy. It is taken from the view of Morris himself, who is blind and owned Buddy.

I came across this book when I had nothing to read and I had read all the children's books in the house. Then my Mom handed me an old copy of Reader's Digest Twenty Best Books. She suggested I read Wilderness Wife by Kathrene Pinkerton but what really interested me was The First Lady of the Seeing Eye. I had read a children's reader version of the story called Buddy a few years ago and I wanted to know more about it.

I think the author wrote this book so others would know all the wonderful things Buddy did. Buddy obeyed and helped her owner to the end, sensed when there was danger and always did something to stop it. I think people should read this book because it shows how the seeing eye program got started, the difficulties of people who are blind, and how they can overcome the difficulties with a seeing eye dog.

Morris said getting a seeing eye dog was like getting out of a prison. He could go to the barber shop and go straight back home without waiting for someone to come and take him. 

This book is not a children's book, nor just a adults's book, but a book someone of any age would enjoy very much. I think even my five-year-old sister would enjoy it if it was read aloud to her. Now I certainly know the wonderful things Buddy did. And everyone that reads this book will, too.

The book is happy, and funny. I would recommend this book because it makes me laugh and be happy, but it is also sad at the end. It shows how animals have lives and feelings, just like us.