Eyes that weave the world's wonders
2024
Read-along Book
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.
Item Details
ISBN: 9798885193986
Edition: VOX edition.
Description:
- 1 audio-enabled book (1 volume (unpaged)) : chiefly colour illustrations ; 29 cm
- digital
- non-volatile flash memory
- audio file
Notes:
- "A companion to the New York Times bestseller Eyes that kiss in the corners"--Cover.
- "The permanently attached VOX Reader transforms an ordinary print book into an all-in-one read-along. There's no need for computers, tablets or CDs. Children simply push a button to listen and read"--Publisher's website.
- Book originally published: New York : Harper, [2024].
- This audio-enabled VOX Book has an audio reader with complete narration permanently attached inside the front cover. This unique new book format delivers a complete audio narration directly from the printed book. Simply open the book, push the PLAY button and listen from beginning to end.
- VOX Audio playback device includes headphone jack, external speaker, play/pause button, volume controls, page-turning controls, rechargeable battery, low battery indicator, and removable AC adapter.
- Read by Sura Siu.
LCCN: 2023937037
Control Number: 3327916
Publisher: Fairfax, VA : [Library Ideas, LLC], [2024]Subjects:
- Adopted children -- Juvenile fiction.
- Adoptive parents -- Juvenile fiction.
- Asian Americans -- Juvenile fiction.
- Eye -- Juvenile fiction.
- Families -- Juvenile fiction.
- Individual differences -- Juvenile fiction.
- Intercountry adoption -- Juvenile fiction.
- Interracial adoption -- Juvenile fiction.
- Self-acceptance -- Juvenile fiction.
- Self-confidence -- Juvenile fiction.
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