Mothers

WITH ATTITUDE

Keeping Christmas sane.
A mother of 18 tells all.
by Mary-Jo Jackson

JULY 30, 2001

Reading list
Adoption books for kids

by Mary Robertson

[Editor's note: When Mary mentioned on an e-mail list for adoptive parents that she had a lengthy list of adoption-related books for children, I asked if she'd like to post it here. She graciously agreed, and as you can see, she wasn't kidding about it being long. Most of the books are available from amazon.com, though some have limited availability, or they can be ordered through your local bookstore. Happy reading to children!]

GRADES P-K

A Family for Jamie: An Adoption Story
by Suzanne Bloom

A Koala for Katie: An Adoption Story
by Jonathan London

A Mother For Choco
by Keiko Kasza

An American Face
by Jan M. Czech

Carolyn’s Story: A Book About an Adopted Girl
by Perry Schwartz

Cora and the Elephants
by Lissa Kovetch

Downey, Pistachio, and Fanny:
The "I Love to Read" Collection
by Ann-Marie Chapouton

Foundling
by Carol Carrick

Happy Adoption Day
by John McCutcheon

Horace
by Holly Keller

Just the Way You Are
by Max Lucado

My Real Family
by Emily Arnold McCully

Our Baby From China: An Adoption Story
by Nancy D’Antonio

Over the Moon: An Adoption Tale
by Karen Katz

Pablo’s Tree
by Pat Mora

Paddington Bear
by Michael Bond

Real Sisters
by Susan Wright

Tell Me Again About the Night I Was Born
by Jamie Lee Curtis

The Day We Met You
by Phoebe Koehler

The Little Green Goose
by Adele Sansone

This Is How We Become a Family: An Adoption Story
by Wayne Willis

We Wanted You
by Liz Rosenberg

GRADES 1-3

Abby
by Jeannette Caines

A China Adoption Story
by Frances Koh

Adoption: Good Answers to Tough Questions
by Joy Berry

Adoption Is for Always
by Linda Walvoord Girard

Adoption Stories for Young Children
by Randall B. Hicks

Adventure at Lookout Farm
by Naida E. Kirkpatrick

Allison
by Allen Say

Bad Boris and the New Kitten
by Susie Jenkin-Pearce

Beginnings: How Families Came to Be
by Virginia Kroll

Bobby the Mostly Silky
by David McKelvey

Bonesy and Isabel
by Michael Rosen

Chinese Eyes
by Marjorie Waybill

Did My First Mother Love Me?: A Story for an Adopted Child
by Kathryn Ann Miller

Dinner at Aunt Connie’s House
by Faith Ringgold

Dounia
by Natacha Karvoskaia

Emma’s Yucky Brother
by Jean Little

Enid and the Homecoming
by Cynthia Williams

Families Are Different
by Nina Pellegrini

Go Home!: The True Story of James the Cat
by Libby Phillips Meggs

Happy Adoption Day
by John McCutcheon

Heart of Mine: A Story of Adoption
by Dan Hojer

How I Was Adopted
by Joanna Cole

I Love You Like Crazy Cakes
by Rose Lewis

Let’s Talk About Adoption
by Diana Helmer

Let’s Talk About It: Adoption
by Fred Rogers

Lucy’s Feet
by Stephanie Stein

Mommy Far, Mommy Near: An Adoption Story
by Carol Antoinette Peacock

Nana’s Adoption Farm
by Tryntje Horn

New Beginnings
by Chaya Weinfeld

Pinky and Rex and the New Baby
by James Howe

Susan and Gordon Adopt a Baby (Sesame Street)
by Judy Freudberg and Tony Geiss

Tall Boy’s Journey
by Joanna Kraus

Tell Me a Real Adoption Story
by Betty Lifton

The Adopted One: An Open Family Book
for Parents and Children Together
by Sara Stein

The Diary of Mary Jemison
by Mary Jemison

Through Moon and Stars and Night Skies
by Ann Turner
Tides by V. M. Caldwell

Tim’s Friend Towser
by Edward Ardizzone

Two Birthdays For Beth
by Gay Cronin

We Adopted You, Benjamin Koo
by Linda Walvoord Girard

"Why Was I Adopted?"
by Carol Livingston

William Is My Brother
by Jane Schnitter

Zachary’s New Home
by Geraldine Blomquist

GRADES 4-6

Adoption
by Stephen Currie

Alice in April
by Phyllis Naylor

Alice in Lace
by Phyllis Naylor

Alice in Rapture Sort Of
by Phyllis Naylor

Alice in Between
by Phyllis Naylor

Alice on the Outside
by Phyllis Naylor

Alice the Brave
by Phyllis Naylor

Alice by Accident
by Phyllis Naylor

Angel’s Mother’s Boyfriend
by Judy Delton

A Sudden Change of Family
by Mary Jane Auch

Babe the Gallant Pig
by Dick King Smith

Be My Baby
by Gail Kinn

Boardwalk with Hotels
by Claudia Mills

Boxcar Children Series
by Gertrude Chandler Warner

Bristle Face
by Zachary Ball

Cindy’s Glory
by Joanna Campbell

Claudia and the Great Search
by Ann Martin

Coyote Autumn
by Bill Wallace

Double Play at Short
by Matt Christopher

Edgar Allen
by John Neufeld

Family Secrets
by Barbara Corcoran

Family Tree
by Pierre Coran

Have You Seen Me?
by Monica Hall

Hawk, I’m Your Brother
by Byrd Baylor

Henry Huggins
by Beverly Cleary

How It Feels to Be Adopted
by Jill Krementz

I’m Going to Meet My Mother
by Megan Howard

I.D. (Watchers #3)
by Peter Lerangis

If It Hadn’t Been for Yoon Jun
by Marie Lee

It’s So Amazing
by Robie Harris

Jewel: Pieces of a Dream
by Kristen Kemp

Lone Star
by Barbara Barrie

Man and Mustang
by George Ancona

Marathon Miranda
by Elizabeth Winthrop

Me and My Name
by Mary Jane Miller

Missing Sisters
by Gregory Maguire

Mop, Moondance and Nagasaki Knight
by Walter Dean Myers

Most Wanted
by Jordan Cray

Mother, Help Me Live
by Lurlene McDaniel

Mystery at Witch Creek
by Mary Crawford

Night Journeys
by Avi

Old Cat and the Kitten
by Mary Little

Only the Best
by Bev Lewis

Orphan Train Series
by Joan Lowery Nixon

Rain Forest Girl: More than an Adoption Story
by Chalise Miner

Secrets
by Alane Ferguson

Stuart Little
by E. B. White

The Broccoli Tapes
by Jan Slepian

The Family Under the Bridge
by Natalie Carlson

The Mulberry Bird
by Anne Brodzinsky

The Second Choices
by Shirley Brinkerhoff

The Secret Language of the Sb
by Elizabeth Scarboro

The Snake Stone
by Berlie Doherty

Tuck Triumphant
by Theodore Taylor

Tucket’s Gold
by Gary Paulsen

Turns on a Dime
by Julie Lawson

We Don’t Look Like Our Mom and Dad
by Harriet Sobol

What My Sister Remembered
by Marilyn Sachs

Youn Hee and Me
by C. S. Adler

Grade 7+

About David
by Susan Pfeffer

Adoption
by Gerri Glotzbach

Aggie’s Home
by Joan Lowery Nixon

A Kindness
by Cynthia Rylant

April and May
by Jane Peart

A Special Kind of Love
by Judy Baer

Don’t Think Twice
by Ruth Pennebaker

Emerald’s Desire
by Paula Lee

Find a Stranger, Say Goodbye
by Lois Lowry

Finders
by Jan Dean

Harley
by Cat Bauer

Heaven
by Angela Johnson

I See the Moon
by C. B. Christiansen

Most Precious Blood
by Susan Pfeffer

No Turning Back
by Judy Baer

Rewind
by William Sleator

Sarah
by Kathie Nichols

Someone to Love
by Francess Lantz

Something Old, Something New
by Judy Baer

The Kid: What Happened After My Boyfriend and I
Decided to Get Pregnant
by Dan Savage

There’s no Place Like Home
by A. G. Cascone

Who Am I?: And Other Questions of Adopted Kids
by Charlene Giannetti