This story of an American family's adoption of a Chinese toddler is storytelling at its finest. The narration in two voices begins as the mother shares a scrapbook she compiled with Claire. Big brother Conor reveals his thoughts through journal entries printed in...
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Parents who adopt children internationally have to grab for a firm handhold on a swinging pendulum of child raising advice. Should they act as if they are colorblind or bolster their child's racial identity? Should they help their child assimilate to the...
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You're not my REAL Mother! - the words that all adoptive moms dread but most must face. This poignant book tells the story of how one mother deals with this statement of anger and frustration, while reinforcing the love that she and her adopted daughter share....
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Fourteen-year-old Jess is only just coming to terms with her father's death in a car accident. Until now, she believed that her mother put aside the family's plan to adopt a daughter from China. But a year has passed, Xiao Ting is ready to be picked up from her...
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This is a story about a little girl who needed a mommy and a woman who needed them both. It is a journey about the forming of a family. It is as lyrical as a love letter from a mother to her daughter, as honest as the struggles they encounter, and as comforting as a...
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Some families look alike, some don't. Some families are formed through birth, and some families are formed by adoption. But as the little girl in this heartwarming book makes clear, being a family isn't about who you look like or where you were born - it's about the...
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Adoptive parents hold in their hearts precious bits of information about the earliest days, months, or years of their children's lives, before they joined their families. Parents understand this information is invaluable to their children, yet they wonder how...
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In this first view of China adoption from a child's perspective, eight-year-old Ying Ying Fry returns to her orphanage to remember what it is like and to write a story so that other adopted children will understand where they came from. Kids Like Me in China combines...
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All Emily Prager had at first was a blurred photograph of a baby, but it would be her baby - if she journeyed to China to pick her up. Emily brought back to America the baby chosen for her. She was named Lulu, and Emily was determined to honor Lulu's heritage by...
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This is a complete guide to understanding the dilemmas faced by adopted children in the school setting. It offers insights into the experiences of young people who are faced with assignments, activities and occasions which make participation difficult or painful...
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Mary Zisk draws on her own experience as a single parent of an adopted daughter in this first-person narrative. Her vibrant paintings reflect the joy and happiness shared by this mother and daughter.
This book, by author Rose Lewis, is a New York Time's Best-Selling Children's Book. Based on the author's own experience, this heartfelt story follows a woman on her journey to adopt a baby girl from China. From paperworks to the plane flight, the narrative...