Adoptions from a foreign country
Heart Of Mine: A Story Of Adoption.
Hojer, Dan and Hojer, Lotta . R & S Books, c2001. ISBN: 9789129653014. A story of how a loving family adopts a daughter from another land.
Over Land And Sea: A Story Of International Adoption
Layne, Steven L. Pelican, c2005. ISBN: 9781589801820. Two parents describe their journey over land and sea to find the child that belongs in their family, as well as all of the joy and love the new baby brings
Every Year on Your Birthday
Lewis, Rose. (E) Little, Brown, 2007. ISBN: 9780316525527. In this delightful companion to the “New York Times” bestseller “I Love you Like Crazy Cakes,” Lewis and Dyer capture the richness of both Chinese and American cultures in a poignant tribute to the growing bond of love only a parent and child can know.
I Love You Like Crazy Cakes
Lewis, Rose A. Little, Brown, c2000.: ISBN: 0316525383. In simple, heartfelt language, a woman describes how she went to China to adopt a special baby girl. The story of that journey, based on the author’s own experiences, is a celebration of the love and joy a baby brings into the home
Just Add One Chinese Sister
McMahon, Patricia. Boyds Mills Press, 2005. ISBN: 9781563979897. Claire and her mother are working together on a scrapbook as they relive their first days and hours together following Claire’s arrival from her birth home in China. Claire’s big brother, Conor, had kept a journal as he anticipated the day his new sister would arrive
Allison
Say, Allen. Houghton Mifflin, 1997. ISBN: 039585895X. When Allison realizes that she looks more like her favorite doll than like her parents, she comes to terms with this unwelcomed discovery through the help of a stray cat.
Waiting for May
Stoeke, Janet Morgan. Dutton Children’s Books, c2005. 32 p. ISBN: 9780525470984. In this poignant and heartfelt book, a young boy anticipates the arrival of his new baby sister. She is coming from China to be adopted into his American family. This child narrator’s point of view makes this topic immediate and accessible.
The Red Blanket
Thomas, Eliza. (E) Scholastic Press, c2004. ISBN: 0439322537. Based on the true story of the author’s trip to China in 1994 to adopt her daughter PanPan, who was then 5 months old, this picture book is the tale of a little girl who needs a mommy and a forgotten blanket that needs a little girl.
Through Moon And Stars And Night Skies
Turner, Ann Warren (E) Harper & Row, c1990. 31 p. ISBN: 0060261900. A little boy living in a distant country is lonely. He needs a bed of his own, a room of his own, a house of his own — and most of all, a momma and poppa of his own. But he must travel far to get them.
My Mei Mei
Young, Ed. (E) Philomel Books, Pub date: 2006. Pages: 1 v. (unpaged) : ISBN: 9780399243394 This charming personal story by a Caldecott Medalist is the tale of a little girl who learns what being a big sister is all about and the real meaning of family.