Eyes that weave the world's wonders

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Title:

Eyes that weave the world's wonders

Author:

Ho, Joanna, author.

Kleinrock, Liz, author.

Ho, Dung, illustrator.

HarperCollins (Firm), publisher.

Summary:

From New York Times bestselling Joanna Ho, of Eyes that Kiss in the Corners, and award-winning educator Liz Kleinrock comes a powerful companion picture book about adoption and family. A young girl who is a transracial adoptee learns to love her Asian eyes and finds familial connection and meaning through them, even though they look different from her parents'. Her family bond is deep and their connection is filled with love. She wonders about her birth mom and comes to appreciate both her birth culture and her adopted family's culture, for even though they may seem very different, they are both a part of her, and that is what makes her beautiful. She learns to appreciate the differences in her family and celebrate them. -- Provided by publisher.

Audience:

Ages 4 - 8. HarperCollins

General Note:

"A companion to the New York Times bestseller Eyes that Kiss in the Corners" -- Cover.

Edition:

First edition.

Physical Description:

1 volume (unpaged) ; color illustrations ; 29 cm

Genre:

Picture books.

Social problem fiction.

Subject Term:

Asian Americans -- Juvenile fiction.

Adoption -- Juvenile fiction.

Adoptees -- Juvenile fiction.

Interracial adoption -- Juvenile fiction.

Eye -- Juvenile fiction.

Families -- Juvenile fiction.

Individual differences -- Juvenile fiction.

Self-confidence -- Juvenile fiction.

Author(s):

Kleinrock, Liz,

Ho, Dung,

Added Corporate Author:

HarperCollins (Firm),

Publisher:

Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers,

Publication Date:

2024

ISBN:

9780063057777

Publication Information:

New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2024]

Call Number:

P HO

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Summary

From New York Times bestselling Joanna Ho, of Eyes that Kiss in the Corners, and award-winning educator Liz Kleinrock, comes a powerful companion picture book about adoption and family. A young girl who is a transracial adoptee learns to love her Asian eyes and finds familial connection and meaning through them, even though they look different from her parents'.

Her family bond is deep and their connection is filled with love. She wonders about her birth mom, and comes to appreciate both her birth culture and her adopted family's culture, for even though they may seem very different, they are both a part of her, and that is what makes her beautiful. She learns to appreciate the differences in her family and celebrate them.

Reviews (1)

School Library Journal Review

PreS-Gr 3--Siu gently begins with coauthor Kleinrock's "Dear Reader" letter that asks, "When was the first time you saw yourself represented in a book?" and self-answers, "Never"--until she and Ho created this one together. Siu's is a tender performance, softly capturing the lyrical verses of a Korean child's transracial adoption, both "joyful and painful, often at the same time." In family pictures, "Everyone [is] matching in every way… Except me." The little girl is obviously nurtured and beloved, but she still contemplates "who and where and why and what if and what happened" to transplant her from her birth mother and birth country: "All I know for sure…sometimes love must look like letting go." Comforted by "trinkets that traveled with me between lives," the girl's eyes connect her to past and present, encouraging her to "spin stories and weave the world's wonders." VERDICT Siu underscores Ho and Kleinrock's celebration of family with heartfelt resonance.