Books and videos for kids adopted from China
Discover the best books and videos for kids adopted from China. Explore heartwarming stories, cultural insights, and educational resources to celebrate their heritage.
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I Love You Like Crazy Cakes
by Rose A. Lewis
This story of a woman who travels to China to adopt a baby girl, based on the author's own experiences, is a celebration of the love and joy a baby brings into the home. Full color.
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Every Year on Your Birthday
by Rose A. Lewis
In I Love You Like Crazy Cakes, Rose Lewis and Jane Dyer told the heartfelt story of one woman's adoption a baby girl from China. These sentiments are brought to life again in this touching portrait of birthday celebrations and unforgettable moments between a mother and her little girl: from joyous hugs for a new puppy, to quiet nights gazing at the stars remembering a faraway family. Capturing the richness of both Chinese and American cultures, Every Year on Your Birthday is a poignant tribute to the growing bond of love only a parent and child can know.
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At Home in this World
by Jean MacLeod
A nine-year-old girl describes what she knows of her adoption from China.
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We See the Moon
by Carrie A. Kitze
Opening the adoption dialogue at an early age, this picture book is told from a child's perspective and allows the questions in an adopted child's heart to be asked and discussed by creating the foundation for conversations to come.
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The Red Blanket
by Eliza Thomas
Tells the story of a single woman who goes to China to adopt a baby. Based on the author's life.
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Three Names of Me
by Mary Cummings
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. And there is a third name, a name the infant Ada only heard whispered by her Chinese mother.
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A Quilt of Wishes
by Teresa Orem Werner
A story about a little baby girl in China waiting for her adoptive parents to bring her home.
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Mama's Wish/Daughter's Wish
by Debbie Blackington
In the first story in this upside-down book, a mother describes to her daughter how she especially brought her from China. In the second story, A daughter describes how her wish to be part of a family comes true.
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Just Add One Chinese Sister
by Patricia McMahon
The story of Claire's arrival in the United States from her birth home in China.
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Mommy Far, Mommy Near
by Carol Antoinette Peacock
Young Elizabeth feels a range of emotions as she learns that she has two mommies: one in China and one in America. Her adoptive mother explains that although her Chinese mother loved Elizabeth and wanted to keep her, she couldn't because of China's laws.
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The White Swan Express
by Jean Davies Okimoto
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, including a lesbian couple.