The Reading Rainbow was a show that I watched as a kid, starting in 1983 starring who I would soon know a few years later to be Lieutenant Geordi La Forge on Star Trek TNG. As being the son of a teacher, and loving books, I loved watching LeVar's passion for reading and most importantly entertaining and educating children.
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Most importantly, it reminds me how much I can't wait to read to our child; helping educate them about the world, but also about their adoption process, who they are, where they came from, and how they are such an important part of our family.
I've researched several important books for us the last couple of years over this whole adoption process. I really wish there were more out there, but I plan to get most of these (if not all) of them soon:
"A Mother for Choco"
by Keiko Kasza
Family is about love no matter how different parents and children may be, adopted or not.
Choco wishes he had a mother, but who could she be? He sets off to find her, asking all kinds of animals, but he doesn't meet anyone who looks just like him. He doesn't even think of asking Mrs. Bear if she's his mother-but then she starts to do just the things a mommy might do. And when she brings him home, he meets her other children-a piglet, a hippo, and an alligator-and learns that families can come in all shapes and sizes and still fit together.
Keiko Kasza's twist on the "Are you my mother?" theme has become one of the most highly recommended stories about adoption for children.
"Tell Me Again About the Night I Was Born"
by Jamie Lee Curtis and Laura Cornell
Jamie Lee Curtis and Laura Cornell, author and illustrator of the best-selling When I Was Little: A Four Year Old's Memoir of Her Youth, have joined together again to create a fresh new picture book for every parent and every child. In asking her parents to tell her again about the night of her birth, a young girl shows that it is a cherished tale she knows by heart.Tell Me Again About the Night I Was Born is a unique, exuberant story about adoption and about the importance of a loving family.
"The Read Thread : An Adoption Fairy Tale"
by Grace Lin
A king and queen should be full of joy and contentment, but they both feel a strange pain that worsens every day. Then a peddler's magic spectacles reveal a red thread pulling at each of their hearts. The king and queen know they must follow the thread.
"Zachary's New Home : A Story for Foster and Adopted Children"
by Geraldine M. Blomquist, Paul Blomquist, Margo Lemieux
This story for adopted and foster children describes the adventures of Zachary the kitten, who is taken from his mother's house when she is unable to take care of him. It follows Zachary as he goes into foster care, his adoption by a family of geese and his feelings of shame, anger and hurt.
"How I was Adopted"
by Joanna Cole
Sam has a joyful story to
tell, one completely her own, yet common to millions of families -- the story
of how she was adopted. Most of all, it's a story about love. And in the end,
Sam's story comes full circle, inviting young readers to share stories of how they were adopted.
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