You may have tangible wealth untold.
Caskets of jewels and coffers of gold.
Richer than I you can never be –
I had a mother who read to me.
~ Strickland Gillilan
Kid's Bookshelf
On this page you will find titles and descriptions of adoption, international adoption and kinship themed children's books. If you would like to add a title, with or without a review, please contact MeFCA.
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A Mother for Choco by Keiko Kasza. A warmhearted surprise ending for Choco who is searching the animal kingdom for his mother. |
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Adoption Is for Always, by Linda Walvoord Girard and Judith Friedman. Celia has always known that she was adopted, but she is beginning to understand the significance of the word. Her parents deal with her questions with honesty and love. Celia experiences a confused mixture of fear and anger. Her parents and teacher stress the love that her birthparents felt for her, and how much she is loved and wanted by her adoptive family. |
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Count Your Way Through Africa by James Haskins and Barbara Knutson. Uses the Swahili words for the numbers from one to ten to introduce the land, history, and culture of Africa. |
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Count Your Way Through China by James Haskins and Dennis Hockerman. Presents the numbers one through ten in Chinese, using each number to introduce concepts about China and Chinese culture |
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Count Your Way Through Japan by Jim Haskins and Martin Skoro. Presents the numbers one to ten in Japanese, using each number to introduce concepts about Japan and its culture. |
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Count Your Way Through Korea by James Haskins and Dennis Hockerman. Presents the numbers one to ten in Korean, using each number to introduce concepts about Korea and its culture. |
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Chinese Eyes, by Marjorie Ann Waybill and Pauline Cutrell. An adopted Korean girl gets a lesson in how unimportant it is that some people think she is different. |
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Grace from China by Jacqueline A. Kolosov. A young adult novel about a fourteen year-old girl who goes to China with her mom to adopt a little sister. |
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Happy Adoption Day by John McCutcheon. Inspired by a friend's tradition, noted children's singer/songwriter McCutcheon created this original song for those who might like to mark a special anniversary in their family's life, adoption day. |
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Horace by Holly Keller. Leopard-spotted Horace has tiger-striped parents. He has trouble accepting his looks and decides to find a family who look like him, and who invite him to come with them. He realizes he wants to return to his own home and his own parents. Be prepared to explain when Horace is told that he "lost" his first family, a word open to interpretation by preschoolers. |
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I am Really a Princess by Carol Diggory Shields. A little girl who knows that her life will be different once her real parents, a king and queen, know how she is being treated. This book provides a good natured and funny way to stimulate conversation about what it feels like to be adopted. Presents some of the core issues of adoption without being a typical adoption story and offers the opportunity to share ideas and give reassurances with the gentle mood set by the story. |