First published in 2000, “Shades of Black: A Celebration of Our Children” by Sandra L. Pinkney and Myles C. Pinkney communicates both visually and poetically the concept of individuality and self-image to African-American children. This book uses extraordinary photographs that each coincide with artistic descriptions: “I am the midnight blue in a licorice stick /
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Lori Holden Blog Post: “Dear Abby Misses the Mark on Adoption Question”
In her recent blog post, Lori Holden (author of “The Open-Hearted Way to Open Adoption”) discusses a response given by advice columnist ‘Dear Abby’ to a young child who is attempting to cope with feelings towards her birthmother. According to Holden, Dear Abby’s response didn’t quite match up to hundreds of pieces of advice that
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