For those of you who are in the process of adoption or have adopted what are some recommendations you have for books?
For our son we have bought 3 books thus far: A Mother for Choco, Just Waiting for my Family, and Forever Fingerprints. I would highly recommend A Mother for Choco it is about a baby bird looking for his mom. He asks different animals if they are his mom, and they say no I am not like you. Then he comes to a bear and she asks what a mom does..hug, cook you meals etc and she says he can go home with her. When they get to her home she has 'adopted' other animals too and they all look different but are a family.
The 2nd book is actually written by a mom who adopted her son from Bulgaria and it talks about his experience, which I think is good to help our son talk about his experience in an orphanage.
Do you have any recommendations for children's books for adopted children as well as biological children to help them understand adoption?
My second question is do any of you have any recommendations for books for family members to read?
For our 'education' part of the adoption we read many books: Weaver's Craft (excellent), Attaching in Adoption - Deb Gray (excellent), Helping children cope with seperation and loss, Raising adopted Children, Eyes Wide Open, and I just ordered Parenting with Love and Logic.
Any recommendations would be appreciated thanks!
We are still waiting patiently for our letter from the UK and enjoying the white snow falling outside, and drinking hotchocolate in a cosy warm house. God is so good, we have so many blessings.
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