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All About my Family: Adoption
This list contains a selection of books for younger children featuring families formed through adoption.
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- Young and in love, Momma Red and Poppa Yello Tomato decide to have a baby tomato. However, Momma and Poppa quickly learn that they cannot properly care for their sweet seedling the way they'd hoped and make the difficult decision to release her to…
- We Belong Together is about sharing your home and sharing your heart to make a family that belongs together. With an understanding of how personal and unique each adoption is, and that not everyone comes to it in the same way, Todd Parr's colorful…
- Miles is excited and scared on adoption day, but when his new dads, Teddy and David, arrive at the foster home, they bring warmth and understanding, plus he now has a sibling, in a book celebrating gay parents.
- Harper is excited at the idea of being a big sister, but she becomes frustrated when the baby boy her parents adopt proves to be a lot of work, and her parents never seem to have time for her.
- Daniel loves birds, and wants to learn how to whistle as a gift for his new adoptive baby sister Angela. On the day of her adoption, Daniel still can't whistle. It is through meeting Jessie, Angela's birthmother, that Daniel may learn the trick to…
- A puppy comes to live with his adoptive mother, who is a cat.
- How MUCH is the crazy-much love?" This simple question is answered as two parents recount the journey of adopting their daughter and the many milestone moments that follow.
- Caroline is anxious all day at school, nervous about her newly-adopted sister's arrival from far away.
- A mother weaves a magical web of tales to explain how her child came to be a part of the family
- Elliot's parents do not know how to take care of him. As Elliot moves from one foster home to another, his visits with his real parents leave him anxious and conflicted about where he wants to be. At last he finds stability with a new adoptive…
- Lyrical text and illustrations of baby animals and their mothers show the love of a parent. Written by the author to celebrate the adoption of her baby girl.
- When baby J.J. arrives at his new home, his family is bubbling over with excitement to meet him! The busy family of six is now a family of seven (eight if you include Cheddar the dog). There's always something going on at home--and lots of noise to…
- A young girl grapples with the feeling of being without a people when she realizes she cannot fill out her family tree for school.
- A young girl who is a transracial adoptee learns to love her Asian eyes and finds familial connection and meaning through them, even though they look different from her parents'. Also available in Readalong format.
- After Lester is adopted from his foster home by Daddy Albert and Daddy Rich, he can't fall asleep in his new bed. What will it take to make Lester feel home at last?
- Vee wants to embrace every part of herself, but it's hard when she feels like she has to choose. With help from another adoptee, can Vee find a way to celebrate being in between?
- When Meili finds out she has a new baby sister coming from Haiti, she isn't happy. Why can't her family stay the way it is? They're the perfect size. As she helps decorate the nursery and learns more about the baby, Meili comes to realize that a…
- Worried about a school assignment on family because he was adopted, Calvin asks his parents about being chosen and learns that God creates all families, but not always in the same way.
- Based on actual events, this story of adoption and love follows a little boy named Michael, who, after coming to live with Andrea and David, gets a surprise bigger than he could have ever dreamed.
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