21 Children's Characters Who Wear Glasses

I got my first pair of glasses when I was 12 years old.

That’s not so young, in the grand scheme of things, but I certainly felt young. My glasses-wearing status brought the grand total of glasses-wearing students in my class to two.

That’s two students out of 22. Sigh. And ouch.

Back then, I didn’t see many people wearing glasses. My mum wore glasses, and had done so for a very long time. But I didn’t see them on many people my age. I didn’t read about many children with glasses, or see movies or TV shows featuring children and teens with glasses.

Would it have helped to see this? Maybe. It certainly wouldn’t have hurt.

So here’s a list for you and your young ones. A list of characters who wear glasses. A list of characters who appear in children’s television shows, books and movies that wear glasses.

Will it help? Maybe. I hope so. And it certainly won’t hurt.

Enjoy.

More for kids’ self-esteem:

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21 children's characters that wear glasses

Barnabee (The Hive)

Buzzbee's best friend Barnabee wears glasses, as do many of the 'grown-up' bees in the series.
Buzz (Lah-Lah's Big Live Band)

In Lah-Lah's Big Live Band, Bandleader Buzz wears glasses, as does Mister Saxophone.
Emma Wiggle (The Wiggles)

The yellow Wiggle, Emma Wiggle, wears contact lenses for most of her performances. But The Wiggles are open about the fact that Emma Watkins wears glasses, and have based many songs and skits around the fact.
Chuckie (Rugrats)

Chuckie, the red-headed scaredy cat best friend of Tommy, wears glasses.
Pedro Pony (Peppa Pig)

Pedro Pony breaks the usual nerdy stereotype. He can be forgetful and clumsy, but is always friendly.
Velma (Scooby Doo)

Velma is the 'brains' of the Scooby-Doo gang, with a specific interest in science.
Simon (The Chipmunks)

Simon is the blue tee-wearing, glasses-sporting Chipmunk, the intellectual who supports lead singer and brother Alvin in Alvin and the Chipmunks.
Elephant (The Elephant and Piggie series, Mo Willems)

The glasses-wearing Elephant is friends with Piggie. Together, they share life lessons with young readers.
Mr Sneelock (If I Ran the Zoo, Dr Seuss)

In If I Ran the Zoo, young Gerald McGrew imagines all of the animals he'd have in his zoo. But it's Mr Sneelock who has the (imaginary) fun of training all creatures great and small!
Prue Theroux (Prue Theroux: The Cool Librarian, Gillian Rubinstein and David Mackintosh)

Prue Theroux makes reading fun. At Numbat Gully Primary School, books are cooler than sports, and it's all thanks to the glasses-wearing librarian.
Wally (Where's Wally?, Martin Handford)

Where's Wally? I don't know. Seriously, I can never find him. The stripes, the hat, the jeans, the glasses... it's all too hard for me!
Sophie (The BFG, Roald Dahl)

Orphan Sophie, who spots the BFG blowing dreams into the rooms of sleeping children one night, wears glasses.
Miss Honey (Matilda, Roald Dahl)

Another character of Roald Dahl's, Miss Honey is the teacher that notices how remarkable young Matilda is, and sets about improving her life.
Mallory Pike (The Baby-Sitters Club series, Ann M. Martin)

Mary Ann may have been my favourite Baby-Sitters Club character, but I also had a soft spot for book-loving Mallory, eldest of eight children.
Harry Potter (The Harry Potter series, J.K. Rowling)

You've been waiting for this one haven't you? Of course Harry Potter is in this list! The Boy Who Lived needs no introduction... so let's move on.
Sadness (Inside Out)

The inclusion of a character called Sadness in this list might seem... well, sad. But - spoiler alert - Sadness saves the day. Hooray!
Sam Sparks (Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 1 and 2)

Sam Sparks is a weather intern who reports on the strange happenings in Swallow Falls. Having been picked on earlier in her life for wearing glasses, she elects not to wear them at the beginning of the film. However, by the film's end, she has again embraced her glasses.
Lewis (Meet the Robinsons)

Young glasses-wearing Lewis is an inventor who is about to find out just how important his inventions are.
Mia Thermopolis (The Princess Diaries)

Young Anne Hathaway plays young Mia, who discovers she's a princess and heir to the throne in the kingdom of Genovia.
Thomas J (My Girl)

No, I'm not crying. YOU'RE crying. Thomas J is Vada's best friend. He will do anything for Vada. Anything. ANYTHING. Sob. Excuse me, I have a little something in my eye.
Clark Kent (a.k.a. Superman's alter ego)

Just as we had to include Harry Potter, so we have to include Clark Kent. If all else fails in trying to convince your child that glasses are cool, play the Superman card. Instant win.