Chen-Chen suffers from Waardenburg Syndrome, one of her eye is dark brown and the other dark blue. She also finds it difficult to hear, so she has to wear a hearing aid every day. One day, while playing with her friends, a misunderstanding causes her to pull out the battery from her hearing aid in frustration, her own private world. In this strange universe, her blue eye starts talking to her ear, until she begins to accept the things that make her different from everyone else, the things that make her special…
Blue Eyes Call Small Ears is based on the animated short film of the same name. The authors and illustrators of the story were all elementary school students at the time, working together to explore the personal journey their sister and friend Huang Yu-Chen was on, dealing with her own deafness. The result is a truly beautiful and unique treasure, a story for children, written by children.