Booklists

Stories that Celebrate Adoption

JE/COLE
Cole, Joanna - How I Was Adopted
A young girl tells how she came to be her parent's child through adoption and encourages other adoptive children to know their own adoption story.

JE/CURTIS
Curtis, Jamie Lee - Tell Me Again about the Night I Was Born
In asking her mother and father to tell her again about the night of her birth and adoption, a young girl shows that it is a cherished tale she already knows by heart.

JE/HICKS
Hicks, Randall - Adoption Stories for Young Children
A five-year-old boy, in introducing the reader to his friends and neighbors, learns that all of their families were created through adoption.

JEHOWE
Howe, James - Pinky and Rex and the New Baby
When Rex's parents adopt a baby, she feels left out. It is up to her best friend Pinky to show her that a new sibling is not a bad thing after all.

JE/KELLER
Keller, Holly - Horace
Horace, a cat with spots, has been adopted by a family with stripes. Horace comes to realize that their difference in outward appearance does not affect the love they share as a family.

JE/KOEHLER
Koehler, Phoebe - The Day We Met You
With simple text and cozy pastel drawings, this book recounts the exciting day a man and woman bring home their adopted baby.

JE/KROLL
Kroll, Virginia - Beginnings: How Families Come to Be
Six families discuss how they came to be, each in a different and special way.

JE/LIFTON
Lifton, Betty Jean - Tell Me a Real Adoption Story
Before going to sleep, an adopted girl asks her mother to tell her once again how she came to be in the family.

JE/LONDON
London, Jonathan - A Koala for Katie: An Adoption Story
A young girl "adopts" a toy koala so she can love and care for it, just like her adoptive parents love and care for her.

JE/MCCUTCHEON
McCutcheon, John - Happy Adoption Day
This bright, cheerful book shows the joy and love of new parents as they watch their child grow, highlighting the family's Adoption Day celebrations throughout the years.

JE/MORA
Mora, Pat - Pablo's Tree
Each year a young Mexican-American boy looks forward to seeing how his grandfather has decorated the tree that was planted on the day the boy was adopted.

JE/ROGERS
Rogers, Fred - Let's Talk About It: Adoption
Using photos of real adoptive families, this book discusses what it means to be part of a family and examines some feelings that adoptive children may have.

JE/SCHNITTER
Schnitter, Jane - William Is My Brother
Tony explains how his younger brother was adopted and why they both are special just for being who they are, not for how they entered the family.

For more books about adoption, try the J/362.73 call number area in the nonfiction section of the Junior Room.

Prepared by LC, November 1996