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You Are Special - You Were Chosen
We all have many gifts that make us special. Joanna learned at an early age from her adoptive father just how special she was because he wrote her a story about just how much he loved her. And now she shares the amazing story he once told her with adoptive children everywhere. Ferlan and Prather show in this timeless poem just how much an adoptive child is loved before he or she is ever born.
author: Joanna Ferlan and Mary Fox Prather
Who's in a Family?
This equal opportunity, open-minded picture book has no preconceptions about what makes a family a family. There's even equal time given to some of children's favorite animal families. With warm and inviting illustrations, this is a great book for that long talk with a little person on your lap. Pencil and watercolor illustrations. --Amazon.com
When You Were Born in China: A Memory Book for Children Adopted from China
An excellent book to read to your children to help explain what their story was before moving home. It discusses the social situation in China, why and how they got to the orphanage and up to the point of being adopted.
author:
Sara Dorow
We're Different, We're the Same
Who better to teach young children about racial harmony than the colorful crew from Sesame Street? Rhyming text celebrates the racial rainbow, without which the world would be so much less interesting and wonderful. Full-color illustrations.
Rechenka's Eggs
A warm tale of love and and the unexpected from the bestselling author of The Keeping Quilt. Old Babushka is preparing her eggs for the Easter festival when she takes in Rechenka, an injured goose, who shows her that miracles really can happen. A Reading Rainbow Feature Title. Full color. Amazon.com
The Moon Lady
On a rainy afternoon, three sisters wish for the rain to stoop, wish they could play in the puddles, wish for something, anything, to do. So Ying-Ying, their grandmother, tells them a tale from long ago. On the night of the Moon Festival, when Ying-ying was a little girl, she encountered the Moon Lady, who grants the secret wishes of those who ask, and learned from her that the best wishes are those you can make come true yourself. Amazon.com
Just Because I Am: A Child's Book of Affirmation
The children's book Just Because I Am is an excellent introduction to self-esteem. Easy to understand statements and enchanting full-color illustrations invite young readers ages 3-8 to love and accept themselves. They learn to respect their bodies and acknowledge their needs. They name their feelings, discover that everyone makes mistakes and hear that it's okay to say "yes" and "no". Just Because I Am is recommended for all libraries, day-care centers, and homes where children depend on adults for guidance and affirmation.
How I Was Adopted: Samantha's Story
Sam has a joyful story to tell, a story completely her own, yet common to millions of families. It is a story of how babies are born and how children grow, a story of what makes people different and what makes them the same. Most of all, this is a book about love that invites young readers to learn and to tell the stories of how they were adopted. Full color. -- Amazon.com
Horace
Horace, a leopard, is the adopted son of tiger parents. Every night at bedtime Mama tells him how he came to be their child. Horace always falls asleep before the story ends. As Horace grows older, he begins to wonder whether he belongs with his adoptive family. One night he proves his own ending to the story he has heard so often. Full-color illustrations. Amazon.com
Feelings
"Children often have difficulty articulating emotions. That fact is the underpinning for Aliki's catalog of feelings, be they happy, sad, or somewhere in between".--Booklist.
Did My First Mother Love Me?: A Story for an Adopted Child
In the issue-oriented book, Morgan again hears her birth mother's letter explaining how much she loves Morgan and why she made an adoption plan for her. Mediocre pencil sketches accompany the overly sentimental text, which includes a long afterword for adoptive parents that gives guidance on the complex issue. -- Copyright © 1995 The Horn Book, Inc. All rights reserved. -- This text refers to the hardcover edition of this title.
Over the Moon
Katz has written a book that is bright, happy and colorful about the adoption of their daughter from Central America. It is suggested for use between adults and children who have been adopted in similar situations and emphasizes the “forever family.” The book uses statements like “faraway place” and “Forever and always we will be your mommy and daddy. Forever and always you will be our child.” The birth mother is also mentioned and is described gently as a lady who “wasn’t able to take care of you”. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0960950435/childrenshopeint.org
Seeds of Love: For Brothers and Sisters of International Adoption
This book helps brothers and sisters of international adoption work through their feelings about being separated from their parents during the time of adoption. It also gives parents fun and practical ideas for easing their children's anxiety before adoption travel. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0965575314/childrenshopeint
Happy Adoption Day!
Here is a children’s book that focuses on international adoption and shows a couple flying off to get their child and bring the baby home “on that wonderful morn.” There is a song that goes with the book and many people have found great enjoyment singing the song with their children and celebrating their family’s beginning. The whole book is a celebration of family that is remembered each year on the child’s adoption day party. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0960950478/childrenshopeint
Mommy Far, Mommy Near : An Adoption Story
Although Elizabeth, a young Chinese girl, is secure in the love of her adoptive Caucasian American family, she still has questions. Why, if China is such a big country, wasn't there room for all the babies? Didn't her mother love her? Such questions surface in games with her younger Chinese sister, in loving give-and-take with her American mother, and in hurt feelings after seeing a Chinese mother and daughter at the playground. Decorated in floral patterns and colored in lush, velvety hues, the thickly stroked, realistic artwork expands on the text while heightening the emotions it conveys. Elizabeth's misgivings are met head-on by her adoptive mother's reassurance, love, and thoughtful responses. The mother's tender support not only reassures Elizabeth but will also benefit other adoptees, especially those from Third World countries, as it reinforces the efforts of all loving, adoptive parents. ~Ellen Mandel From Booklist.
author:
Carol Antoinette Peacock, illustrated by Shawn Costello Brownell
