CAREGIVERRESOURCES: ADOPTION
PORJORD, J
JoyJordan-Lake ACrazy-Much Love
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.
PLOPE, S
JustRight Family:An AdoptionStory
SilviaLopez
Meili, who is six years old and adopted from China, learns that her parents are going to adopt a baby from Haiti. She's not happy. As Meili learns more about her new sibling and the importance of being a big sister, will she realize that a new addition can be just right for their family too?
PORHO,
J
EyesThat Weavethe World's Wonders
JoannaHo
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'.
PBRAD, J
Nearlyexactly almostlikeme
Bradbury, Jennifer
When he gets questioning looks at the playground, a big brother explains all the ways in which his little brother is just like him, even though they do not look alike.
Riceand Beans
WileyBlevins
A young girl adopted from China sees that her hair and skin color are different from that of her parents. She finds, however, that there's much more to making a family than sharing red hair and freckles.
POHAI, M
YouareLoved: ABookabout Families
MargaretO'Hair
Beginning with Sofia Sanchez's adopted family, readers will meet families with two moms and two dads, families with single parents, and kids raised by grandparents, guardians, or older siblings. Big families, small families, extended families, blended families, and mixed race families -- including parents with their own differences that make them unique, too.
ToddParr WeBelong Together
The joy of adoption and bringing families together is presented in this tale.
Presents the ways people become family, including weddings, births, and adoption.
PMURP, F
FrankMurphy AFamilyLike Ours
A celebration of all kinds of families from sprawling extended families and close-knit units to adopted and chosen families.
MaryHoffman Welcometo
Introduces different types of households and discusses families with children, adoption, foster parents, same-sex parents, and fertility treatments.
RobinHeald Whistlingfor Angela PHEAL, R
Daniel 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 whistle like the birds he loves.
KittyBlack ACrocodilein theFamily PBLAC, K
JulieMurray MyAdoptive Family J 306.85 MURR, J
Families come in all shapes and sizes. Readers will learn all about adoptive families through everyday and relatable situations. They may just find out that an adoptive family isn't so different from their own!
This indispensable guide has over 200 simple, easy to implement therapeutic parenting activities which you can easily build into everyday life to help tackle common challenges faced by families.
Crocodile in the Family is a heartwarming story about a family of birds who find a lone egg and take it home to care for it themselves. The egg eventually hatches and it isn't a baby bird inside--it's a baby crocodile!
RenataGalindo MyNewMom &Me PGALI,R
A puppy comes to live with his adoptive mother, who is a cat.