Any picture book suggestions for bio child?

I have searched for one, but no luck yet. Despite the fact I might get outlash for this comment, I will post it anyway. The way we explained adoption to my 5 year old niece was through our animals. They were all adopted. Maybe coming at it from that point, but changing the story to be about a child would work. Here is a website I found with animal adoption books: [url=http://www.humaneeducationteacher.org/booklist%20Animal%20Shelters.html]Children's Books About Animal Shelters[/url] I fully realize that a adopting a child is no where near as easy as adopting an animal, but you're simply trying to explain a process to her. The other option might be to make your own scrap book that you can also use in conjunction with the child's "Life Book" once they're place with you.

There is nothing, or very little. I asked my pediatrician who is the kind of book lists, nothing. I asked the social worker, nothing. We should write some!!! Its so critically important to prepare these kids. One idea - when I was preparing for the birth of my second biological child, I was planning to nurse and wanted to prepare my oldest for this as well as the many other things babies do. So we took some mothering type magazines and clipped all sorts of pictures and made a book for him. Pictures of mommies holding babies, nursing babies, babies crying, babies sleeping, etc. to give him a realistic idea of what babies do. Also, I included pictures of big brother type stuff - things he could be proud of doing on his own, that babies can't do or help with. If you have the time and a glue stick it helps. You know, now that I think about it, there was one book at the library...i wish i could remember the name, the family in the story is Jewish, there's two older boys, and mom goes to Korea (i think?) to adopt their sister. Our library has an "adoption" section in the children's area, maybe ask the librarian. Good luck!!!

There is a book - called "A blessing from Above" about a kangaroo that wants nothing more in life to be a mom and have a baby to take care of.... One day, she is so sad because it has not happened yet, and she is sitting beneath a tree, and a baby bird falls into her pouch.... the momma bird looks down is taking care of all the other baby birds - there are a lot, and sees how much this little bird in the pouch is being loved on, and lets the kangaroo keep the bird.... hence the "from above" It is a little religious, but it covers the taking care of one not born of you.... it is a little golden book - I had to order it online.... well worth the $4 or so.... check it out.... Mega

Actually, I just saw quite a few on tapestrybooks.com. If you click on adopted children, there is a link for adopted siblings and I saw 13 books listed...sorry I don't know how to link you there from my blackberry! Good luck and congrats!

Thanks everybody for your suggestions. I did sit down for about an hour yesterday and searched Amazon, reading dozens of book descriptions until I found a few that might work, although they are not perfect. I find it interesting that there are several books for siblings explaining foreign adoption, but not local adoption of an older child. I don't want to confuse her thinking that our new son will be coming from very far away, when we will actually be visiting him several times locally before he moves in, and he has bio family here that will keep in touch. I also don't want her thinking we will be getting a baby when he will in fact be as old as her. Hmmm...I didn't know it would be this hard to find the right book for this situation. I agree with one of the other posters that we should write some then. Great ideas though from everybody. As far as the suggestion of using animal adoption, we actually did just adopt from a rescue group at Christmas time so I have been using that as an example. Personally I don't see anything wrong with that. Also, I never heard of that Tapestrybooks website but it looked pretty neat. I will have to explore it further.

a forever family br roslynn bannish [url=http://www.amazon.com/Forever-Family-Roslyn-Banish/dp/0060216743/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1271001398&sr=1-9]Amazon.com: A Forever Family (9780060216740): Roslyn Banish, Jennifer Jordan-Wong: Books[/url] Is written by a child who is adopted at age 7 from foster careand explains her feelings and how the process works and who she lived with before, etc. I LOVED it wil my dd, and while it may not fit your situation exactly now, it may be a book both children can appreciate.