The Red Thread - An Adoption Fairy Tale

By Grace Lin

The Red Thread - An Adoption Fairy Tale - Children's Picture Book

There is an ancient Chinese belief that an invisible, unbreakable red thread connects all those who are destined to be together. Grace Lin, the author, offers a contemporary fairy tale, using a story within a story to weave in a Chinese belief that "an invisible, unbreakable red thread connects all who are destined to be together." It begins with a young Asian girl, asking her Caucasian parents to read her favorite story "again," thus introducing the main story: a royal couple both suffer a mysterious pain in their chests that nothing can remedy or explain, until a peddler gives them magic spectacles that allow them to see a red thread bound tightly around their hearts. They follow its loose end for days, crossing a sea, the pain gradually easing, until they reach a small village in a foreign land and find a smiling baby at the end. A wise old villager tells them, "This baby belongs to you." Colorful illustrations and vivid language will likely appeal to children of all ages, though some children will need to have the connection to adopting a baby from China made more explicit through additional discussion. Grace Lin's lovely adoption fairy tale is for all children-and the parents who would search the world to find them. Ages 4-8 Hardcover 28 pages

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