My Adoptive Family

Families come in all shapes and sizes. Some kids live with adoptive families but they still experience the love and everyday life found in all families. Recommended for ages 3-7.

My Adoptive Family

Julie Murray
(Juvenile Nonfiction - J 362.743 Mur)


Families come in all shapes and sizes. Some kids live with adoptive families but they still experience the love and everyday life found in all families. Recommended for ages 3-7.

Our Wish for You: A Story about Open Adoption

Enjoy this affirming message of love as the adoptive parents and the birth mother both reflect on their hopes and wishes for their son. An open adoption story that is heartfelt and gentle. Recommended for ages 3-7

Our Wish for You: A Story about Open Adoption

Dano Moreno
(Juvenile Picture Books - Ej Mor)


Enjoy this affirming message of love as the adoptive parents and the birth mother both reflect on their hopes and wishes for their son. An open adoption story that is heartfelt and gentle. Recommended for ages 3-7

Adoptive Families

Discusses both the challenges and many blessings of adoptive families. Focus is on the definition of adoption, its history, and the current trends in adoption today. Recommended for ages 9-12.

Adoptive Families

H. W. Poole
(Juvenile Nonfiction - J 362.734 Poo)


Discusses both the challenges and many blessings of adoptive families. Focus is on the definition of adoption, its history, and the current trends in adoption today. Recommended for ages 9-12.

Love Rules

Based on a true story, a little boy named Michael finds unconditional love and his forever home in this heartwarming recounting of a viral courtroom case. Recommended for ages 3-7.

Love Rules

Andrea Melvin, Dave Eaton, Michael Clark Jr.
(Juvenile Nonfiction - J 362.734 Mel)


Based on a true story, a little boy named Michael finds unconditional love and his forever home in this heartwarming recounting of a viral courtroom case. Recommended for ages 3-7.

Birdie

Birdie Briggs loves birds; they bring her comfort when she thinks about her dad, a firefighter who was killed in the line of duty. Recommended for ages 8–12.

Birdie

Eileen Spinelli
(Juvenile Fiction - J Spinell)


Birdie Briggs loves birds; they bring her comfort when she thinks about her dad, a firefighter who was killed in the line of duty. Recommended for ages 8–12.

Samantha Jane's Missing Smile: A Story About Coping with the Loss of a Parent

With the help of her neighbor Mrs. Cooper, Samantha Jane is able to talk about how sad she is since her father died, and then she begins to feel better. Recommended for ages 3–6.

Samantha Jane's Missing Smile: A Story About Coping with the Loss of a Parent

Julie Kaplow
(Juvenile Picture Books - Ej Kap)


With the help of her neighbor Mrs. Cooper, Samantha Jane is able to talk about how sad she is since her father died, and then she begins to feel better. Recommended for ages 3–6.

Wonderful You: An Adoption Story

Enter into a journey with a birth mother as she searches earnestly for the right adoptive parents for her child and enjoy the new parents' vision of a life with this new child. A heartfelt rhyming story that is ethereal and joyful. Recommended for ages 3-7.

 

 

 

Wonderful You: An Adoption Story

Lauren McLaughlin
(Juvenile Picture Books - Ej Mcl)


Enter into a journey with a birth mother as she searches earnestly for the right adoptive parents for her child and enjoy the new parents' vision of a life with this new child. A heartfelt rhyming story that is ethereal and joyful. Recommended for ages 3-7.



 



 



 

Elliot

Elliot's parents do not know how to take care of him. As Elliot moves from one foster home to another, his visits with his real parents leave him anxious and conflicted about where he wants to be. At last he finds stability with a new adoptive family. Recommended for ages 6–9.

Elliot

Julie Pearson
(Juvenile Picture Books - Ej Pea)


Elliot's parents do not know how to take care of him. As Elliot moves from one foster home to another, his visits with his real parents leave him anxious and conflicted about where he wants to be. At last he finds stability with a new adoptive family. Recommended for ages 6–9.

The Family Book

Represents a variety of families––some big, some small, some with one parent, some with two moms or dads, some quiet, some noisy––all alike in some ways and special no matter what. Recommended for ages 3–6.

The Family Book

Todd Parr
(Juvenile Picture Books - Ej Par)


Represents a variety of families––some big, some small, some with one parent, some with two moms or dads, some quiet, some noisy––all alike in some ways and special no matter what. Recommended for ages 3–6.

The Heart and the Bottle

After safeguarding her heart in a bottle hung around her neck, a girl finds the bottle growing heavier and her interest in things around her becoming smaller. Recommended for ages 3–6.

The Heart and the Bottle

Oliver Jeffers
(Juvenile Picture Books - Ej Jef)


After safeguarding her heart in a bottle hung around her neck, a girl finds the bottle growing heavier and her interest in things around her becoming smaller. Recommended for ages 3–6.

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