Theme: Adoption

The Auslander

By Book Importer | Published: December 12, 2011

When Peter’s parents are killed, he is sent to an orphanage in Warsaw, Poland. But Peter is Volksdeutscher-of German blood. With his blond hair and blue eyes, he looks just like the boy on the Hitler Youth poster. The Nazis decide he is racially valuable. Indeed, a prominent German family is pleased to adopt such [...]

Descriptors: Europe, Germany, Historical Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Poland » Other Themes: , , , , , , , , , » Leave a comment

Dogtag Summer

By Book Importer | Published: September 26, 2011

Twelve-year-old Tracy–or Tuyet–has always felt different. The villagers in Vietnam called her con-lai, or “half-breed,” because her father was an American GI. And she doesn’t fit in with her adoptive family in California, either. But when Tracy and a friend discover a soldier’s dogtag hidden among her father’s things, it sets her past and her [...]

Descriptors: Asia, Historical Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Viet Nam » Other Themes: , , , , , , , , , , » Leave a comment

The Undrowned Child

By Book Importer | Published: September 19, 2011

In 1899, eleven-year-old Teodora goes with her scientist parents from Naples to Venice, Italy, which is falling victim to a series of violent natural disasters, and once there she is drawn into a web of mysterious adventures involving mermaids, an ancient prophecy, and the possible destruction of the city itself.

Descriptors: Europe, Fantasy, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Italy » Other Themes: , , , , , , » Leave a comment

The Little Green Goose

By Book Importer | Published: June 9, 2011

When a male goose longs for a chick of his own, he borrows an egg and ends up with a baby dinosaur.

Descriptors: Austria, Early Years (ages 2-6), Europe, Fantasy, Picture Book » Other Themes: , , , , , » Leave a comment

Fleabag

By Book Importer | Published: February 14, 2011

A boy without a dog and a dog without a boy meet each other in the park. But the boy’s big people don’t approve of the friendship. The dog is dirty! And he has FLEAS! Will these two friends be able to find a home together?Helen Stephens’s timeless, kid-friendly art makes this heartwarming story a winner [...]

Descriptors: Early Years (ages 2-6), England (UK), Primary (ages 6-9), Realistic Fiction » Other Themes: , , , , » Leave a comment

Sweet Moon Baby

By Book Importer | Published: December 17, 2010

The smiling moon watches over a baby girl in China whose parents love her but cannot take care of her, and guides a childless couple that lives far away to the daughter for whom they yearn.

Descriptors: Asia, China, Early Years (ages 2-6), Picture Book, Realistic Fiction » Other Themes: , , , , » Leave a comment

The White Swan Express: A Story About Adoption

By Book Importer | Published: October 18, 2010

Across North America, people in four different homes prepare for a special trip to China, while four baby girls in China await their new adoptive parents.
See the review at WOW Review, Volume 3, Issue 1

Descriptors: Canada, China, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9), United States of America » Other Themes: » Leave a comment

The Best Family in the World

By Book Importer | Published: May 28, 2010

Carlotta anxiously awaits the arrival of her new family. What will they be like? She imagines all kinds of wonderful families…astronauts, pastry chefs, even pirates. How nice to find out that they are the best family in the world.

Descriptors: Early Years (ages 2-6), Europe, Picture Book, Realistic Fiction, Spain » Other Themes: , , , » Leave a comment

With Love

By Book Importer | Published: October 1, 2009

A collection of stories based on the author’s experiences with chimpanzees in Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania over a period of almost forty years.

Descriptors: Africa, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Nonfiction, Primary (ages 6-9), Short Stories, Tanzania » Other Themes: , , , , » Leave a comment

Nikolai, The Only Bear

By Book Importer | Published: October 1, 2009

There are one hundred orphans at the Russian orphanage, but Nikolai is the only bear. He growls when he speaks and claws the air when he plays. “Play nice, Nikolai,” the keepers say. No one wants to take Nikolai home. Until one day, when a fur-faced man and a smooth-faced woman come to visit from [...]

Descriptors: Early Years (ages 2-6), Fantasy, Picture Book, Russia » Other Themes: , , , , » 1 Comment