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We
Are Adopted (Let's Talk About It Books)
by: Jennifer
Moore-Mallinos
“A little girl is very excited because now she
has a baby brother—an adopted baby brother. A
few years earlier, she too had been adopted."
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Tell
Me Again About the Night I Was Born
by: Jamie Lee Curtis
A sweet look at adoption, the story is framed
as a much-loved and clearly much-requested family tale,
& rings true from beginning to end. |
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I
Wished for You: an Adoption Story
by Marianne R. Richmond
A conversation
between Barley Bear and his Mama as they curl up in
their favorite cuddle spot and discuss how they became
a family. |
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God
Found Us You
by: Lisa Tawn Bergren
Another collaboration by the team behind God Gave Us
You (2000), this book will resonate with many adopted
children as well as their adoptive parents.
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Adoptive
Families are Families for Keeps
by
Lissa Cowan
After living with three foster families, Tara is ready
to be adopted. Children will follow Tara on her journey
from foster care to adoption through a series of activities
and a touching story |
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A
Koala for Katie: An Adoption Story
by:
Jonathan London
Katie thinks a lot about babies. She wonders about the
time she was adopted and about her first mommy. It feels
good when Mommy and Daddy tell her how much they love
her. |
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Lucy's
Family Tree
by
Karen Halvorsen Schreck
When Lucy comes home from school with a family tree assignment,
she asks her parents to write her a note to excuse her
from the task. Lucy's adoption from Mexico makes her feel
as though her family is too "different."
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A
Mother for Choco
by
Keiko Kasza
Choco is a little yellow bird who lives all alone. He
wishes he had a mother, but who could she be? One day,
he decides to search for a mother.
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My
Adopted Child, There's No One Like You
by
Kevin Leman & Kevin Leman II
Adopted children need to know they are special, loved,
and secure. Read this book with your adopted child to
show them the never-ending reach of your love.
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My
Family is Forever
by
Nancy Carlson
Being part of a family isn't about who you look like or
where you were born, it's about loving and being loved.
Carlson's cheerful book looks at how one little girl came
into her parent's lives through adoption and made them
a family forever. |
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I
Don't Have Your Eyes
by Carrie Kitze
A beautifully illustrated and
uplifting book that helps to create the intimate parent/caregiver
and child bond that is so important within a family.
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Happy
Adoption Day!
by:
John McCutcheon
This adaptation of McCutcheon's song commemorates the
day when a child joins an adoptive family. Complete with
musical notation, these verses reassure adopted children
they are special. Full-color illustrations. |
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The
Best Single Mom in the World: How I Was Adopted
by Carrie Kitze
A single adoptive mother and her young daughter
take turns sharing their adoption story at bed time...
Throughout the book a warm feeling of belonging is emphasized. |
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We
See the Moon
by Carrie Kitze
An elegant and evocative book for adopted children
to open the birthparent and adoption dialog between parent
and child. |
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I
Love You Like Crazy Cakes
by: Rose A. Lewis
I Love You Like Crazy Cakes will warm the cockles of
any new parent's heart, especially those who have recently
adopted a child. |
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The
Starlight Baby
'by: Gillian Shields
There was a baby who had no mother, crying in the starlight.
And as the stars burned, the baby's tears called to
the watching world. |
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A
Sister for Matthew: A Story About Adoption
by: Pamela Kennedy
Matthew is getting a baby sister - from China. An encouraging
story for adoptive parents and for big sisters and brothers
too
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Waiting
for May
by: Janet Morgan
Stoeke
In this beautifully rendered tale, a young boy eagerly
anticipates the arrival of his new sister, who is living
in China and waiting to be adopted by his family. |
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Over
the Moon: An Adoption Tale
by: Karen Katz
A magical, reassuring story of one adoptive family's
beginnings.
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Ten
Days and Nine Nights: An Adoption Story
by: Yumi Heo
Follow a little girl as she and her family prepare for
the new baby that will soon be joining them.
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Rebecca's
Journey Home
by: Brynn Olenberg Sugarman
Two young brothers eagerly await their mom's return
from Vietnam with their newly adopted baby sister Rebecca.
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The
Red Blanket
by: Eliza Thomas
This is a beautiful love letter of a story, written
by a single mother to her adoptive daughter from China.
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My
Mei Mei
by: Ed Young
More than anything else in the world, Antonia wants
a Mei Mei, little sister, to call her own.
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The
Thunderstruck Stork
by: David Olson &
Lynn Munsinger
Webster the stork is proud of his work delivering animal
babies. But when he crashes into a hot-air balloon,
something goes wrong in his head ....
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