Eyes That Weave The World's Wonders

“𝙎𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙨 𝙗𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙪𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙗𝙤𝙣𝙙𝙨 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙫𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣 𝙗𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙙.”

When Joanna Ho (𝘌𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘒𝘪𝘴𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴) comes together with Liz Kleinrock (𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘏𝘦𝘳𝘦, 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘕𝘰𝘸: 𝘈 𝘎𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘈𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘈𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘚𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺) to create a picture book, magic is guaranteed. “𝗘𝘆𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗪𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱’𝘀 𝗪𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀” is the best adoptee story that I’ve ever come across. Joanna has surpassed all her previous work!

This is the story of a South Korean adoptee with a blue-eyed mom and a brown-eyed dad who knows and feels that her family loves her to the moon and back, but who is aware that she alone looks different in her family, and also wonders about her biological mom. A story of transracial adoption, the text is so rich and lyrical that the cadence can be enjoyed by an early primary student and the finer literary devices can be appreciated, cherished, and valued by older students. Dung Ho’s illustrations add to the story more than words do!

I truly loved the lines on every single page, but just to give you a flavour:

“𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘔𝘰𝘮 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘦,

𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘴 𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦.

𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦.

𝘏𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘦 𝘐’𝘮 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘩

𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘪𝘳,

𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘤𝘦

𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘴

𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰

𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘐 𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥.”

This book, my readers, is worth every penny!