Download or read book Adoption Stories for Young Children written by Randall Hicks and published by Wordslinger Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explaining in very simple terms why some parents cannot care for their children, and would choose to place them for adoption, this helpful collection of case studies also shows photographs of real adoptive parents who cannot bear children of their own, and introduces the idea that adults have often been adopted too.
Download or read book Adoption Stories for Young Children written by Randall B. Hicks and published by . This book was released on 1994-03-01 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Welcome Home Forever Child written by Christine Mitchell and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2007-01-18 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finally.a book that genuinely celebrates a young child joining their forever family past infancy. With its touching message of love and reassurance, and whimsical illustrations,Welcome Home, Forever Child is sure to be cherished by children and parents alike. While best suited to children ages two to eight, this gem will undoubtedly be enjoyed by older children as well. Most childrens adoption books reflect infant adoptions, and may not be appropriate for the older child who spent their early years in foster care or an orphanage. Welcome Home, Forever Child is a much needed book that social workers and therapists will want to recommend to families who adopted their child past the age of two. The book helps parents reassure children of their permanent place in the new family, and of how much they are wanted and loved. It will also make a very special and meaningful keepsake gift for a child upon joining his or her new family, upon finalizing the adoption, or upon the anniversary of either event.
Download or read book Wonderful You written by Lauren McLaughlin and published by Random House Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2017-04-25 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A heartwarming tale about adoption, diversity, and acceptance that's perfect for all types of families! A lyrical adoption story that tenderly addresses a baby’s transition from the care of her birth mother to that of her adoptive parents. This lovely poem illuminates the role of an adopted child’s birth mother, respecting her choice to give her child to a loving family. We follow a mother’s journey as she carries her child, searches for deserving parents, and ultimately creates a new family. The story offers a version of the process that is full of warmth, care, and joy. An adoptive mother herself, author Lauren McLaughlin was glad for an opportunity to memorialize her family’s own fairy tale, and Meilo So’s ethereal illustrations breathe magic into an already wondrous experience.
Download or read book Talking with Young Children about Adoption written by Mary Watkins and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1995-02-01 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses how young children make sense of the fact that they are adopted with 20 accounts of parents talking to their children about adoption.
Download or read book One Thing Missing written by Beth Roper Stewart and published by Covenant Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2019-05-08 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adopting a child is a magical thing! My parents always made me feel special to be adopted. This story describes a couple's yearning for a child and then their excitement when they learn that there is a special baby just for them! It is told in the same way that my parents shared my adoption story with me every night. Simple. Honest. Special. Loved. Adoption doesn't make you weird; it makes you wonderful. Waiting for something you want is very hard to do, especially when the thing you desire most is a child. Sometimes God answers prayers with a "Not yet." This doesn't always mean no . The couple in this book prayed, waited, and then prayed some more! When it was the right time, God said yes. I hope this little story can help explain the beauty of adoption to children. I hope adoptive parents can identify with the couple in this book and that it might inspire their own special story for their family. I especially hope that when adoptive children hear this story, they will feel that they were the one thing that was missing in their parents' lives.
Download or read book Adoption Me written by Alexei Linger Kumar and published by . This book was released on 2021-02-26 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adoption & me is a beautifully illustrated bedtime storybook that sensitively explains the concept of adoption to really young children. The book provides a good starting point to help children understand their adoption journey so that they can comprehend and answer the question "Are You, My Real Mummy & Daddy?". I created the book from my own experience of trying to understand why my mother and father looked so different from me. Parents face difficulties with discussing this exact topic with their adopted child, and this book is perhaps a way to help them explain this very question when the child is still young. All proceeds of this book will go towards paying for my organization www.adoptionandme.org which lends free & impartial support and advice to adoptive parents and the adopted children.
Download or read book I Wished for You written by Marianne Richmond and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2008 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Mama," said Barley. "Tell me again how I'm your wish come true."Thus begins this beautiful story for adoptive families. I Wished for You: An Adoption Story follows a conversation between a little bear named Barley and his Mama as they curl up in their favorite cuddle spot and talk about how they became a family. Barley asks Mama the kinds of questions many adopted children have, and Mama lovingly answers them all. With endearing prose and charming watercolor illustrations, I Wished for You is a cozy read that affirms how love is what truly makes a family.
Download or read book You Grew In My Heart written by Rebecca Furrow and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2012-08-07 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “You couldn’t grow in my belly, but that doesn’t matter. You grew in my heart.” This book helps adoptive parents assure their precious children that they are wanted, special, and truly loved. Caring birthmothers, biracial families, and destiny are brought to light, while the adoption process is simply explained to young children. Based on the author’s true story of becoming an adoptive mom.
Download or read book My Adoption Story written by Jana Henderson and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-07-04 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most intimidating parts of being adoptive parents is finding the best way to tell a child he or she is adopted. Parents worry that their child will interpret that truth to mean they aren't as wanted or loved, since the birth mother might to appear to have just "given them away." Jana Henderson was faced with this dilemma as her son, Matthew, turned five and was old enough to be told the truth. Overwhelmed at the prospect, Jana thought it would be easiest if she could just read Matthew a story which explains adoption in a light that shows just how much an adoptive child is loved and wanted. She wanted to find a story that demonstrates how much the parents searched and waited for their child to come into their lives. Jana hunted through book stores and the internet for a suitable story but couldn't find anything close to what she needed; so, she decided to write the story herself. Jana says, "I wanted it to be a fun story, but also very factual." The story she wrote is of a young boy named Avery who has an owl-friend that flies to his window each night and tells him a bedtime story. One night, Henry the Hoot Owl let Avery know that the story he had for him that evening was an important story, "one that is wonderful and true." Through the storytelling of the Owl to Avery, Jana was able to show how a little boy was greatly loved by his birth-mother, so much so that she wanted him to have the perfect parents. It also shows the adoptive parents waiting, praying, and hoping for their little boy. The story demonstrates the great joy everyone felt when the boy was adopted by his new parents, and all the ways they became a loving family. At the end of the story, Henry the Hoot Owl reveals that Avery is the little boy in the story. Jana used this heart-felt story that she had written to explain to Matthew that he is Avery in the story. She reports that the story was a huge success. Reading it to Matthew didn't leave him wondering or having any questions about his adoption. Jana explains, "To our amazement, he was perfectly OK with this knowledge. Our son understood and our fears were erased." A year later, without any further mention of his adoption, Matthew made a small comment to his mom, letting her know that he remembered being adopted. Jana was shocked and asked him if he recalled their talk and the story she had read to him. Matthew said, "Yes, I remember the story. I held it in my heart." Jana had to leave the room quickly so he wouldn't see her burst into tears. Matthew is seventeen today, and a senior in high school. Jana has thought for many years about sharing the story she wrote as a book, so that it might assist other adoptive parents to have a positive way to tell their children how they came to be a family. My Adoption Story as Told by Henry the Hoot Owl was released in the summer of 2017 by Triumph Press and is a colorful illustrated children's book that Jana Henderson hopes will be that missing resource to help other adoptive parents during the wonderful and overwhelming time in their lives when they tell their adoptive child how much they are loved.
Download or read book Right Where You Belong An Adoption Story written by Ashlie Meacham and published by Covenant Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2018-09-21 with total page 21 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Right Where You Belong: An Adoption Story is a heartfelt book illustrating how families can be formed in more ways than one. Everyone is different, and so is every family. That's okay! Everyone belongs somewhere, and how you get there is just part of your own incredible story. It portrays the beauty of adoption and helps ease uncertainties concerning adoption that young children may have. The words and creative illustrations appeal to children and leave them feeling loved and comforted, knowing that they are right where they belong. Love is what makes a family, and that is the positive adoption message that is left for you. A beautiful story for families that have been blessed by adoption and the perfect gift to celebrate families created through adoption.
Download or read book Our Journey to You written by Heather Chatterjee and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2018-11-14 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by an adoptive mom for her own child, this is a sweet rhyming book with vibrant, colorful illustrations, and written in the first person. It tells the story of a diverse, interracial family, including a big brother and big sister, who are adopting a child from India. The book emphasizes God's special plan of adoption, but also addresses that adoption comes at a cost. The story is told in simple language and will help young children start to grasp the concept of joining a family through adoption. This book would make a great addition to your child's library. It would also make a perfect gift for a family who has or will be adopting a young child from India. It touches on the birth mother, the wait, the long trip to India, the first time the family meets their child and the last pages show the family at home.
Download or read book What Is Your Story written by Lynn Deiulis and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2021-10-21 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is Your Story? is an engaging, colourful book that gives children permission to discover their unique journey of adoption or kinship. The book’s goal is to normalize the questions children have, while at the same time normalizing the need to ask them. Divided by activity pages, each chapter can be read independently, and even out of order, in an effort to focus on each child’s specific story. This book can help: -Parents, caregivers, and other adults involved in the adoption or kinship process to have open, honest discussions with children about their unique stories. -Birth parents who want to talk about adoption and kinship with birth children they are not living with. It can help children understand their unique story of why they are not living together with their birth parent(s) and who their birth family is. -Professionals who are preparing children for adoption or kinship placements, as well as therapists working with children who are living through adoption or kinship processes. Special note to parents/caregivers Designed as a fun way to reinforce the content that you have just read together, the activity pages between the chapters are also a natural way to stop reading if you or the child are feeling overwhelmed. This book is more of a journey than a story and sometimes you or your child may need to stay on a chapter until it is comfortable to continue, until all the feelings are felt, or until all the questions are asked. Just like other journeys, detours and construction delays are normal and even expected. Some families might need to reach out to community resources to help manage their feelings and that is encouraged. There are as many ways to read this book, as there are butterflies!
Download or read book The Gift written by Bridget Knouse and published by Dog Ear Publishing. This book was released on 2012-12 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Gift is a true, heartfelt portrayal of a childless couple's dream of becoming parents through adoption. This inspirational story captures the emotional journey of adoption, including the anticipation and joys of parenthood. With its powerful message, rhyming verse, stunning watercolor illustrations, and pure emotion, this book will surely be one that is treasured again and again. The Gift embraces the many feelings of bringing a child into a family. From the anxiety of the first meeting, to the enjoyment of everyday tasks, to the excitement of the holidays, to the hopes for the future, this book truly emulates what family is all about. Although The Gift depicts the author adopting her son when he was three-years-old, this beautifully written story resonates with all adoptive families. This would make a remarkable gift for any adoptive child or family. It would sure to be cherished forever! Bridget Knouse currently resides in Raleigh, North Carolina with her husband and children. She is a very happy and busy mom of four beautiful children (all of whom are adopted or waiting for their adoption to become finalized). Bridget feels honored each day to be a mom and knows that God has given her not just one "gift" but has now blessed her with four! The Gift is Bridget's first published book. She enjoys writing about her personal experiences; therefore, Bridget hopes to have more books published in the future. Cady Driver is a watercolor artist, illustrator, and portrait artist. She has dedicated her work with this book to her three children...Chloe, Jacob, and Tirzah Rose... "You are all my joy and my light!" And, "To my little gift that we haven't met yet...we're coming for you soon!" The Gift is Cady's second children's book. She has also illustrated I Love You, Be Careful by Judy Snider and Joan Dickow. Cady resides in Raleigh, NC with her husband and home schools her children.
Download or read book Snowflakes written by Teresa Kelleher and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compilation of writings by children and teens, who have been adopted, and by the parents and siblings in the families they joined. From these real life experiences, readers can find information about what it's like to be adopted, what to consider before adopting, and how to cope with a new family or newly adopted child.
Download or read book This is how We Became a Family written by Wayne Willis and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A childless husband and wife who want a baby adopt the child of a young woman who cannot keep it.
Download or read book I m Yours written by Ashley Cameron and published by . This book was released on 2018-09-26 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An instant bond with a photo, an invisible red thread, an All-Knowing God who hears our prayers... It is miraculous when a parent and child are connected thru adoption. "I'm Yours" is an adoption story from the heart of a mother. The story is told and illustrated in a way that appeals to children (and adults) of all ages. If you're an adoptive parent or an adoptee, you'll relate to the emotions expressed in this book. It is a perfect keepsake and the perfect gift for anyone who can relate to adoption.."The author gives an adopted child the opportunity to see just how much their parents have loved and prayed for them even before they met. It is a story of love and confidence! It is a story of reassurance and boldness! Truly beautiful pages written from a truthful heart to encourage both parents and children." ~ Lea McCart (Children's Pastor)."This book is both beautiful and precious. Such a wonderful way to honor adoption." ~Sharon Ankerich (Adoptive Mother, Podcaster, Homeschool Mom)."What a sweet and perfect book. It makes the complicated emotions of adoption approachable for a child, yet it doesn't over simplify. 'I'm Yours' will be used not just to entertain, but to help kids process their own story as they grow. I love it. Not just as a mother, but also as a clinician." ~Dori Choy (Adoptive Mother/Clinical Director of Foster Care)."'I'm Yours' is a beautifully written and illustrated adoption story! This story does a wonderful job of addressing the mix of emotions felt by both mother and daughter. Now, there is finally an adoption book that shows how God's hand brings families together and equips them with the amazing love they need without ignoring the loss an adoptee suffers."~Kerri Gorecki (Adoptive Mother of 10)."Such a sweet, precious glimpse into the heart of an adoptive mama. This book handles the grief, sadness, and bond that go hand in hand during an adoption. A must need book for any adoptive family! So sweet!!"~Kelley Berry (Adoptive Mother)
