My Travelin' Eye

by Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw, Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw (Illustrator)

Overview

Jenny Sue's eyes are not the same as other people's eyes. Her right eye looks in one direction, while her left eye sometimes wanders. Jenny Sue has a travelin', lazy eye. Although it makes her different, it also helps her see the world in a special way.

Here is a charming story about one very inspiring little girl who overcomes her disability and offers inspiration to others.

My Travelin' Eye is a 2009 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781466810532
Publisher:	Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
Publication date:	04/01/2008
Sold by:	Macmillan
Format:	eBook
Pages:	40
File size:	69 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	4 - 7 Years

About the Author

JENNY SUE KOSTECKI-SHAWis a freelance illustrator who studied at the Kansas City Art Institute and the Illustration Academy. She lives in the mountains of northern New Mexico with her husband, Patrick, and their dog, Oso. My Travelin' Eye is her first picture book.

Editorial Reviews

Gr 1-4- Children sometimes get teased when they begin to wear eyeglasses, but Jenny Sue has an additional problem: strabismus, described in an author's note as a condition when one eye (or both eyes) "misaligns and turns in, out, up, or down." While the youngster views her travelin' eye as a means for seeing the world in a special way, a caring teacher suggests that she visit an ophthalmologist. The doctor's quick diagnosis results in what Jenny Sue sees as a very ugly eye patch. Her mother, however, comes to the rescue with patches of brightly colored materials and quirky designs. Soon, Jenny Sue is the envy of her school. When she graduates from the patch but must still wear glasses, she and her mother fashion imaginative frames that delight the girl's friends. In telling her story, Kostecki-Shaw utilizes the whole page, placing different sizes of text among images that vary from large to small, from vivid to diffused (visualizing Jenny Sue's eye problem). Use of acrylics, crayon, pencil, collage, and tissue paper creates colorful, imaginative illustrations. The jacket features Jenny Sue's wide grin below gaily decorated specs that sport a perky butterfly, setting the tone for this upbeat story. Children with a "difference" of some kind will be reassured by Jenny Sue's take on her special situation.-Barbara Elleman, Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, Amherst, MA

School Library Journal

An upbeat look at how a creative little girl copes with vision problems and the challenge of being different. Jenny Sue was born with a "wandering eye." Instead of looking in the same direction at the same time, her eyes look in different directions. One eye sees numbers and acts as her navigator; her other, travelin' eye sees colors and is an "adventurer" reminding her to look around-sometimes a little too much. Her teacher suggests she should see an ophthalmologist to "fix" her eye so "it wouldn't stare out the window." Dr. Dave confirms that Jenny Sue has a lazy eye that needs to wake up, so he puts a plain patch over her good eye and gives her enormous thick red glasses. Overwhelmed by her patch and glasses, Jenny Sue can't seem to do anything right at school until her mother shows her how to design unique "fashion patches." Original multimedia illustrations provide a humorous look at the amazing world of irrepressible Jenny Sue, where the eyes definitely have it. (Picture book. 4-7)

Kirkus Reviews

An upbeat look at how a creative little girl copes with vision problems and the challenge of being different.” —School Library Journal

“Winning.” —Booklist

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