Adoption Picture Books and Chapter Books List 3
Explore our curated list of adoption-themed picture books and chapter books. Perfect for families, educators, and children to celebrate adoption stories and foster understanding.
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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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Mama's Wish/Daughter's Wish
by Debbie Blackington
In the first story in this upside-down book, a mother describes to her daughter how she especially brought her from China. In the second story, A daughter describes how her wish to be part of a family comes true.
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Three Names of Me
by Mary Cummings
Ada has three names. Wang Bin is what the caregivers called her at her Chinese orphanage. Ada is the name her American parents gave her. And there is a third name, a name the infant Ada only heard whispered by her Chinese mother.
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I Don't Have Your Eyes
by Carrie A. Kitze
Family connections are vitally important to children as they begin to find their place in the world. For transracial and transcultural adoptees, domestic adoptees, and for children in foster care or kinship placements, celebrating the differences within their families as well as the similarities that connect them, is the foundation for belonging. As parents or caregivers, we can strengthen our children's tie to family and embrace the differences that make them unique. Each child will have their own story and their own special place to belong. This beautifully illustrated and uplifting book, for 2-5 yr. olds, will help to create the intimate parent/caregiver and child bond that is so important. While others may notice the physical differences between us on the outside, inside we are the same.
