



However, do read Jess's review about how reading such a book as a kid could posed more questions than answers for adoptee kids. Some strides have no doubt been made, but there's still a long way to go and Eyes That Kiss in the Corners provides a stepping stone to such a future for which I'm glad. It's important to have such affirming stories when we live in a world where people of color are discriminated against and made to feel inadequate on the basis of something as simple as how their eyes look. Me *before reading*: Let's read this picture book so that I can complete my edited 2020 reading challengeįor real, though Eyes That Kiss in the Corners is absolutely beautiful and so well-written, I got emotional barely halfway through. 'I have eyes that kiss in the corners and glow like warm tea.'
