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"Leap into a warm-hearted tale about a little squirrel who was adopted at birth! Join Sammy Squirrel as Mom and Dad Rabbit bring him to meet his first family. With its whimsical illustrations and appealing rhymes, this storybook is perfect to read aloud to children age 3-5. Open adoption can be complex as well as joyful. Sammy's story opens the door for kids to talk honestly about their experiences and feelings. Parents can also find a list of books...
Author
Publisher
CreateSpace.com
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 22 x 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Has God touched your life through adoption? This sweet picture book is a wonderful resource for anyone wanting to describe how God lovingly designs all kinds of families through this special gift.
Author
Publisher
Westbow Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
26 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
"Adopted Beloved is a story of understanding and love, told and illustrated from the heart. This book is highly recommended for all children. Adults will enjoy it, too, for both the story itself and the powerful message it conveys."--Provided by publisher.
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English
Description
" From New York Times bestselling Joanna Ho, of Eyes that Kiss in the Corners, and award-winning educator Liz Kleinrock, comes a powerful companion picture book about adoption and family. 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'. Her family bond is deep and their connection is filled with love. She wonders about...
Author
Publisher
WestBow Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"A story told from the parents perspective of the process to adopt a little boy internationally. Lyrically written, with beautiful and colorful illustrations, this story is sure to be a family favorite."--
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Series
Publisher
HarperCollinsChildren's Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
When their foster cat has kittens, Pinkalicious and Peter are up to the challenge of caring for six mischievous furballs as a way to convince their Mommy and Daddy to let them keep them.
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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"India Allwood grew up wanting to be an actress. Armed with a stack of index cards and a hell of a lot of talent, she goes from awkward 16-year-old to Broadway ingenue to tv star. But while promoting her most recent project, a film about adoption, India does what you should never do - she tells a journalist the truth: it's a bad movie. Like so many movies about adoption, it tells only one story, a tragic one. But India's an adoptive mom herself and...
Author
Publisher
Minka Kent
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
364 pages ; 22cm
Language
English
Description
"Haunted by memories of the daughter she gave up at fifteen, Autumn Carpenter never fully moved on. She doesn't have to. Instead, she lives a life of relative seclusion, content to watch from a distance as the picture-perfect McMullen family raises her daughter as their own. Every birthday, every milestone, every memory, Autumn is watching. Only no one knows. But when the opportunity presents itself, Autumn allows herself to become intertwined in...
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Series
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
67 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Upon finding an orphaned bunny, Princess Kira enlists the help of the other princesses to find him a new home, and in the process, the princesses discover a way to help all the kingdom's animals in need of a home.
13) Relinquished: the politics of adoption and the privilege of American motherhood /|cGretchen Sisson
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
1 volume ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"A powerful decade-long study of adoption in the age of Roe, revealing the grief of the American mothers for whom the choice to parent was never real Adoption has always been viewed as a beloved institution for building families, as well as a mutually agreeable common ground in the abortion debate, but little attention has been paid to the lives of mothers who relinquish infants for private adoption. Relinquished reveals adoption to be a path of...
Author
Publisher
Dutton Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
237 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Two girls on different timelines--each growing up as a mixed-Black transracial adoptee--find their lives bridged by a mysterious portal. Part memoir, part speculative fiction, Gibney examines the absurdities of the adoptee experience through her own adoption experiences"--OCLC.
16) The rescue
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Publisher
Forge, Tor Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
339 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"The Rescue is a gripping thriller that explores the strength of the human-animal bond and how far we will go to protect what we love by three-time Edgar Award winner and New York Times bestselling author T. Jefferson Parker. While reporting on a Tijuana animal shelter, journalist Bettina Blazak falls in love with one of her story's subjects-an adorable Mexican street dog who is being treated for a mysterious gunshot wound. Bettina impulsively adopts...
17) Cuddles
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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Description
"Charles and Lizzie Peterson love puppies. Their family fosters these young dogs, giving them love and proper care, until they can find the perfect forever home. Lizzie loves her dog walking job after school. It's the best way to be around so many different puppies. Then she meets Cuddles, a lonely teddy bear pup. It looks like Cuddles is home alone all day and could use some extra attention. Can Lizzie help Cuddles get what she needs?"--Back cover....
18) Kodiak
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
While on vacation with her friend Maria, Lizzie Peterson recues a Malamute.
19) Unlucky Thirteen
Author
Language
English
Description
New school… New problems… New diary. As if starting a new middle school isn't bad enough; now, I'm pretty sure my adoptive mom wants to send me back to the orphanage, my evil adoptive sister is trying to ruin my life, and the entire eighth grade thinks I'm a total dork because of an unfortunate beach experience involving a poisonous jellyfish. (OK, it was only a waterlogged plastic baggie that I mistook for a jellyfish, but still.) All of that,...
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English
Description
Pip and Me is a story of love between a child and their parent who found each other through adoption. Years after being brought together, Pip's early life trauma continues to significantly impact their daily lives.
Pip is nine years old, struggling with everyday life, feeling scared, out of control and sometimes angry. This book will take you on a journey of how an average day feels for Pip and how that same day is seen from a parent's perspective....
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