The driving metaphor in the story is that the narrator’s eyes “kiss in the corners”. The Best Part of Me: Loving Ourselves with Lyrical Language. Using these texts as a guide, support students to write and illustrate as a form of self-acceptance by focusing on things they love about themselves and their families. Gather other books that celebrate self-love and the exploration of our identities such as I Am Every Good Thing by Derrick Barnes, Sulwe by Lupita Nyong’o, Your Name is a Song by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow, Why Am I Me?by Britt Paige, I Am Enough by Grace Byers, Hair Love by Matthew Cherry, or view the Oscar-winning short film Hair Love. Eyes that Kiss in the Corners affirms for readers that who they are is beautiful and praise-worthy. You can also choose to complete one part of a teaching idea, but not the whole thing. Some ideas are bigger and will take a number of days to complete. Note to our Readers: These ideas are not meant to be prescriptive. Teaching Ideas: Invitations for Your Classroom While an exquisite book to read aloud on its own, Eyes that Kiss in the Corners pairs well with other recent titles that celebrate children’s inherent beauty and brilliance, where we are from, and how we can come to love ourselves. Ho’s lush illustrations complement narrative moments that pay tribute to folkloric traditions with dragons swirling across the page and coy whirling in their oolong pools. Each page sings with emotion, affirmation, and every day moments of love like “When Mama tucks me in at night, her eyes tell me I’m a miracle.” Dung Ho’s breathtaking, warm illustrations invite readers into the daily life of the narrator with scenes showing her snuggling in bed with Mama, picking lychee on trees with Amah, and walking in the door after school to Mei-Mei’s smile. I have eyes that kiss in the corners and glow like warm tea.” In Eyes that Kiss in the Corners, a young Chinese American girl speaks to readers through lyrical language that celebrates the beauty of her eyes and the eyes of her beloved Mama, grandmother Amah, and little sister, Mei-Mei. “Some people have eyes like sapphire lagoons with lashes like lace trim on ballgowns, sweeping their cheeks as they twirl.
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