Theme: Adoption

Three Names of Me

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Ada has three names. Wang Bin is what the caregivers called her at her Chinese orphanage. Ada is the name her American parents gave her as the three traveled home. And there is a third name, a name the infant Ada only heard whispered by her Chinese mother. That name, unknown but treasured, is someplace [...]

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Heart of Mine: A Story of Adoption

By Kathy G. Short | Published: March 14, 2007

This book offers young readers a gentle story about adoption as two parents explain how their darling daughter, Tu Thi, came into their lives from a country so very far away.

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Lucky

By Kathy G. Short | Published: March 14, 2007

Lucky tells how he has food, shelter, friends, and a bed, but he is missing an owner, even though he helps his pals in the shelter find homes.

Descriptors: Early Years (ages 2-6), England (UK), Europe, Fiction, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: , , , » Comments closed