DEP                        

De Paola, Tomie.  A New Barker in the House.  Published in 2002.

Twins Moffie and Morgie are excited when they hear that their family is adopting a three-year-old Hispanic boy.

 

E FRI                        

Friedrich, Molly.  You're Not My Real Mother!  Published in 2004.

After an adoptive mother tells her daughter all the reasons that she is her "real mother," the young girl realizes that her mother is right, even though they do not look alike.

 

E GIR                        

Girard, Linda Walvoord.  Adoption Is for Always.  Published in 1986.

Although Celia reacts to having been adopted with anger and insecurity, her parents help her accept her feelings and celebrate their love for her by making her adoption day a family holiday. Includes factual information about the adoption process.

 

E LEW                        

Lewis, Rose A.  I Love You Like Crazy Cakes.  Published in 2000.

A woman describes how she went to China to adopt a special baby girl. Based on the author's own  experiences.

 

E MCC                        

McCutcheon, John.  Happy Adoption Day!  Published in 1996.

Parents celebrate the day on which they adopted their child and continue to reassure the new addition to their family that it is wanted, loved, and very special.

 

E SAN                        

Sansone, Adele.  The Little Green Goose.  Published in 1999.

Mr. Goose finds an abandoned egg, hatches it, and raises a peculiar green-skinned long-tailed chick, who worries about his identity but comes to recognize that he has a loving parent.

 

E SAY                        

Say, Allen.  Allison.  Published in 1997.

When Allison realizes that she looks more like her favorite doll than like her parents, she comes to terms with this unwelcomed discovery through the help of a stray cat.

 

E STI                        

Stinson, Kathy.  Steven's Baseball Mitt : a Book About Being Adopted.  Published in 1992.

 

EASY READER COLLECTION/E LIT 

Little, Jean, 1932-.  Emma's Yucky Brother.  Published in  2000.

Emma finds out how hard it is to be a big sister when her family adopts a four-year-old boy named Max.