This list is a good place to start when it comes time to explain adoption to your child. It includes children’s books about adoption that introduce a child to the different issues of adoption.
Titles explore the different feelings adopted kids can experience. Day We Met You written for the youngest of adoptees, uses extremely simple language to describe the typical sequence of events on the day that parents meet their adoptive newborn for the first time. Little Lost Bat a story of adoption in the animal kingdom parallels feelings of loss and abandonment felt by many adopted children. These books serve as a way to introduce a child to adoption and help with “how to” begin talking about adoption.
A Mother for Choco (Paperstar)
Original price was: $6.99.$6.52Current price is: $6.52.ABC, Adoption & Me — a Multi-cultural Picture Book for Adoptive Families
Original price was: $13.99.$12.99Current price is: $12.99.Adopted and Wondering: Drawing Out Feelings
$9.95ADOPTED TEENS ONLY: A Survival Guide to Adolescence
Original price was: $9.95.$9.76Current price is: $9.76.All about Adoption: How Families Are Made & How Kids Feel about It
$9.95All About Adoption: How to Deal with the Questions of Your Past (Sunscreen)
$10.95Borya and the Burps: An Eastern European Adoption Story
$18.00Detective Punybutmighty: and the Case of the Drool Monster
$9.99Families Are Different (Holiday House Book)
Original price was: $17.95.$12.18Current price is: $12.18.