Represents a variety of families, some big and some small, some with only one parent and some with two moms or dads, some quiet and some noisy, but all alike in some ways and special no matter what.

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

Choco, a lonely yellow bird with no mother, sets out to find a mother but cannot find anyone that shares her appearance. At last, she meets a mother bear who cares for her and invites Choco to join the family -- which includes an adopted pig, rhinocerous, and alligator.

Antonia gets her wish when her parents return to China to bring home a Mei Mei, or younger sister, for her.

Each year on his birthday, a young Mexican American boy looks forward to seeing how his grandfather has decorated the tree he planted on the day the boy was adopted into a Mexican American family. Spanish language is interspersed throughout the story.

Tells the story of a single woman who goes to China to adopt a baby.

As her turn to be "Star of the Week" in her kindergarten class approaches, Cassidy-Li puts together a poster with pictures of her family, friends, and pets, and wonders about her birthparents in China.

At New York City's Central Park Zoo, two male penguins fall in love and start a family by taking turns sitting on an abandoned egg until it hatches.

A young girl eagerly awaits the arrival of her newly-adopted sister from Korea, while her whole family prepares.