The Red Thread: An Adoption Fairy Tale
by Grace Lin
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Author: Grace LinEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-09-30
ISBN: 0807569224
Number of pages: 28
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
Book Reviews of The Red Thread: An Adoption Fairy Tale
Book Review: Misguided
Summary: 1 Stars
I have enjoyed Grace Lin's other books, but I'm afraid she was not sufficiently educated on the issues surrounding interracial international adoption before writing "The Red Thread."
The book unfortunately focuses exclusively on the adoptive parents' experience: their pain and waiting and searching. It makes offensive comments about the people in the foreign country where the parents find their baby (they speak a strange language but the parents don't pay much attention to them). It completely ignores the adopted child's birth family.
I received this book as a gift and had to get rid of it. These are not messages I want to pass on to my adopted children.
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Summary of The Red Thread: An Adoption Fairy Tale
(Ages 4-8) There is an ancient Chinese belief that an invisible, unbreakable red thread connects all those who are destined to be together. A king and queen rule a beautiful and peaceful land. They should be full of joy and contentment, but they both feel a strange pain that worsens every day.Then a peddler's magic spectacles reveal a red thread pulling at each of their hearts. The king and queen know they must follow the thread-wherever it may lead. Grace Lin's lovely adoption fairy tale is for all children-and the parents who would search the world to find them.
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