BOOKS:
Tell Me Again : About the Night I Was Born by Jamie Lee Curtis, Laura Cornell (Illustrator)
A Mother For Choko by Keiko Kasza
The underlying message is that a parent is not necessarily the one who physically resembles the child, but the one who loves the child.
Through Moon And Stars and Night Skies Ann Turner, Pictures by James Graham Hale
"A little boy living in a distant country is lonely. He needs a bed of his own, a room of his own...and most of all, a momma and poppa of his own..." Very sweet story.
A Home for Sita
Julie T. Grab The story of the adoption from India of a little girl named Sita.
We Adopted You, Benjamin Koo by Linda Walvoord Girard
Nine-year-old Benjamin Koo Andrews, adopted from Korea as an infant, describes what it's like to grow up adopted from another country
The Rainbabies Laura Krauss Melmed, illustrated by Jim LaMarche
'When the moon gives twelve tiny babies to a childless couple, the new parents take great care of their charges and eventually recieve an unexpected reward'
Adoption Is for Always by Linda Walvoord Girard
Although Celia reacts to having been adopted with anger and insecurity, her parents help her accept her feelings and celebrate their love for her by making her adoption day a family holiday. Includes factual information about the adoption process.
Allison by Allen Say
When Allison tries on the red kimono her grandmother has sent her, she is suddenly aware that she resembles her favorite doll more than she does her mother and father. When her parents explain that she is adopted, Allison's doll becomes her only solace--until she finds a stray cat in the garden and learns the true meaning of adoption and parental love. Full color
Beginnings : How Families Come to Be by Stacey Schuett
Parents and children discuss how their families came to be, covering birth families, adoptive families, two-parent families, and single-parent families.
Did My First Mother Love Me? : A Story for an Adopted Child by Kathryn Ann Miller
Morgan's adoptive mother reassures her that she is loved by reading a letter written by her birthmother. Includes a section: "Talking with your child about adoption.
Dounia by Natacha Karvoskaia
A gentle and powerful story follows the experiences of Dounia, a young girl who is adopted by a family from another country, in an exploration of how it feels to be part of the interracial adoption process
MUSIC:
Family Garden John McCutcheon
With the touching song 'Happy Adoption Day'
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