Requesting Suggestions Childrens Books / Websites

I liked "Is There Really a Human Race" by Jamie Lee Curtis, I think. You also might want to browse tapestry books. Here is a link where I saw a couple of good children's books that explain adoption and racial difference. [url=http://www.tapestrybooks.com/categories.asp?cID=271&p=1]Adoption and School - TAPESTRY ADOPTION BOOKS[/url]

THis link looks good too. Probably more in line with what you are looking for. [url=http://www.tapestrybooks.com/categories.asp?cID=107]Celebrating Diversity - TAPESTRY ADOPTION BOOKS[/url]

I agree with Jen...tapestrybooks is a great resource. For kids' books, DD always like A Mother for Choco and still likes The Colors of Us by Karen Katz (a mom who adopted from Guatamala). I really liked (for me) the book Does Anyone Else Look Like Me. It's written by a bio mom raising caucasian/asian kids, but I thought it had some really great "insights" for navigating the world as a mixed race family. Best of luck to you!

several books by Marianne Richmond "Brown Like Me", Amazon has some, will also give you, people who bought this, also bought this to help you find more.

multiracialfamily.org and icelebratediversity.com

I would also look at the book source section at [url=http://www.pactadopt.org]Welcome to Pact, An Adoption Alliance[/url]. Pact is the organization started by the authors of Inside Transracial Adoption and they have a book list broken down by age with reviews done by their staff. It's a good resource and you can buy the books through them as well if you want to.

Another good one is "Horace" by Holly Keller, it's about a leopard adopted by a tiger family.

[URL="http://www.productionnotreproduction.com/search/label/Adoption%20Books%20for%20Children"]http://www.productionnotreproduction.com/search/label/Adoption%20Books%20for%20Children[/URL]

I ran across this blog, she reviews several and links to many, the list below is divided into more specific catagories, very helpful.

There are many good lists of children's books on adoption on the Internet. Here are a few:

[URL="http://www.adoptivefamilies.com/books.php?cat=8"]http://www.adoptivefamilies.com/books.php?cat=8[/URL]

[URL="http://www.comeunity.com/adoption/books/index.html"]http://www.comeunity.com/adoption/books/index.html[/URL]

[URL="http://mamagigi.wordpress.com/kids-adoption-books/"]http://mamagigi.wordpress.com/kids-adoption-books/[/URL]

Below is my own in-process list of adoption-related books for children, sorted into the following categories (some books are listed in more than one category):

[LIST][*][URL="http://unproductivereproduction.blogspot.com/2007/04/about-book-reviews.html#adoptionfriendly"] style=" color:rgb(221,119,136);"Adoption-friendly[/URL][*][URL="http://unproductivereproduction.blogspot.com/2007/04/about-book-reviews.html#domestic"] style=" color:rgb(221,119,136);"Domestic adoption[/URL][*][URL="http://unproductivereproduction.blogspot.com/2007/04/about-book-reviews.html#foster"] style=" color:rgb(221,119,136);"Foster care & adoption[/URL][*][URL="http://unproductivereproduction.blogspot.com/2007/04/about-book-reviews.html#general"] style=" color:rgb(221,119,136);"General/non-fiction[/URL][*][URL="http://unproductivereproduction.blogspot.com/2007/04/about-book-reviews.html#infant"] style=" color:rgb(221,119,136);"Infant adoption[/URL][*][URL="http://unproductivereproduction.blogspot.com/2007/04/about-book-reviews.html#international"] style=" color:rgb(221,119,136);"International adoption[/URL][*][URL="http://unproductivereproduction.blogspot.com/2007/04/about-book-reviews.html#open"] style=" color:rgb(221,119,136);"Open adoption[/URL][*][URL="http://unproductivereproduction.blogspot.com/2007/04/about-book-reviews.html#siblings"] style=" color:rgb(221,119,136);"Siblings & adoption[/URL][*][URL="http://unproductivereproduction.blogspot.com/2007/04/about-book-reviews.html#single"] style=" color:rgb(221,119,136);"Single parents & adoption[/URL][*][URL="http://unproductivereproduction.blogspot.com/2007/04/about-book-reviews.html#transracial"] style=" color:rgb(221,119,136);"Transracial adoption[/URL][/LIST][FONT=webdings][FONT=trebuchet ms][FONT=Webdings][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]Reviews are linked [FONT=webdings]Y[/FONT] = recommeded [FONT=Webdings]x[/FONT] = not recommended[URL="http://unproductivereproduction.blogspot.com/2007/04/about-book-reviews.html"][/URL]Adoption-friendlyContemplating Your Belly Button (Jun Nanao)[URL="http://unproductivereproduction.blogspot.com/2007/04/family-book.html"]The Family Book[/URL] (Todd Parr) [FONT=webdings]Y[/FONT]It's Okay to Be Different (Todd Parr)Domestic Adoption

Did My First Mother Love Me? (Kathryn Ann Miller)How I Was Adopted (Joanna Cole)My Adopted Child, There's No One Like You (Kevin Leman)[URL="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=si3_rdr_bb_author?index=books&field%2dauthor%2dexact=KevinII%20Leman"][/URL]Susan and Gordon Adopt a Baby (Judy Freudberg)[URL="http://unproductivereproduction.blogspot.com/2007/02/day-we-met-you.html"]The Day We Met You[/URL] (Phoebe Koehler)[URL="http://unproductivereproduction.blogspot.com/2007/04/tell-me-again-about-night-i-was-born.html"]Tell Me Again About the Night I Was Born[/URL] (Jamie Lee Curtis)We Became a Family (Wayne Willis)Foster Care & AdoptionFamilies Change: A Book for Children Experiencing Termination of Parental Rights (Julie Nelson)Finding the Right Spot: When Kids Can't Live With Their Parents (Janice Levy)The Great Gilly Hopkins (Katherine Paterson)Grover G. Graham and Me (Mary Quattlebaum)My Alternate Life (Lee Tobin McClain)Parents Wanted (George Harrar)Zachary's New Home: A Story for Foster and Adopted Children (Geraldine & Paul Blomquist)General/Non-fiction

"A" is for Adopted (Eileen Tucker Cosby)All About Adoption (Marc Nemiroff & Jane Annuziata)All About Me (Lynn Burwash)Happy Adoption Day (John McCutcheon)The Kingfisher Book of Family Poems (collection)Let's Talk About It: Adoption (Fred Rodgers)Look Who's Adopted! (Michael S. Taheri)We Belong Together (Todd Parr) What Is Adoption? (Sofie Stergianis & Rita McDowall)Infant Adoption

Did My First Mother Love Me? (Kathryn Ann Miller)[URL="http://unproductivereproduction.blogspot.com/2007/02/day-we-met-you.html"]The Day We Met You[/URL] (Phoebe Koehler)How I Was Adopted (Joanna Cole)I Bet She Called Me Sugar Plum (Joanne Gabbin)Mulberry Bird (Ann Fraff Brodzinsky)Never Never Never Will She Stop Loving You (Jolene Durrant)[URL="http://unproductivereproduction.blogspot.com/2007/04/tell-me-again-about-night-i-was-born.html"]Tell Me Again About the Night I Was Born[/URL] (Jamie Lee Curtis)This is How We Became a Family (Wayne Willis)The Tummy Mummy (Michelle Madrid-Branch)We Wanted You (Liz Rosenberg)Welcome Home Little Baby (Lisa Harper)International Adoption

At Home in This World: A China Adoption Story (Jean MacLeod)The Best Single Mom in the World: How I Was Adopted (Mary Zisk)Bringing Asha Home (Uma Krishnaswami) IndiaChinese Eyes (Marjorie Ann Waybill) ChinaThe Coffee Can Kid (Jan Czech) unspecified Asian countryEvery Year on Your Birthday (Rose A. Lewis) ChinaFelicia's Favorite Story (Leslea Newman) GuatemalaFinding Joy (Marion Coste)Heart of Mine (Dan Hojer) unspecified Asian countryI Don't Have Your Eyes (Carrie A. Kitze)I Love You Like Crazy Cakes (Rose Lewis)I Wish for You a Beautiful Life: Letters from the Korean Birth Mothers of Ae Ran Won to Their Children (collection)Jin Woo (Eve Bunting)Just Add One Chinese Sister (Patricia McMahon) ChinaKids Like Me in China (Ying Ying Fry) ChinaLucy's Family Tree (Karen Halvorsen Schreck)The Lucky Gourd Shop (Joanna C. Scott)Mommy Far, Mommy Near: An Adoption Story (Carol Antionette Peacock)Monsoon Summer (Mitali Perkins)Motherbridge of Love (Josee Masse) ChinaMy Mei Mei (Ed Young) ChinaA New Barker in the House (Tomie de Paola)Nikolai, the Only Bear (Barbara Joosse) RussiaOur Baby from China: An Adoption Story (Nancy D'Antonio)Over the Moon: An Adoption Tale (Karen Katz)Pablo's Tree (Pat Mora) MexicoA Quilt of Wishes (Teresa Werner)Rain Forest Girl: More Than an Adoption Story (Chalise Miner)Rebecca's Journey Home (Brynn Olenberg Sugarman)The Red Blanket (Eliza Thomas) ChinaSeeds of Love (Mary E. Petertyl)Shaoey and Dot (Marybeth & Steven Chapman) ChinaSister for Matthew (Pamela Kennedy)Sisters (Judith Caseley)Somebody's Daughter (Marie Myung-Ok Lee)Ten Days and Nine Nights (Yumi Heo) KoreaThree Names of Me (Mary Cummings)Through Moon & Stars & Night Skies (Ann Turner) Southeast AsiaWaiting for May (Janel Morgan Stoeke) ChinaWe Adopted You, Benjamin Koo (Linda Walvoord Girard)When I Met You: A Story of Russian Adoption (Adrienne Ehlert Bashista) RussiaThe White Swan Express (Jean Davies Okimoto & Elaine M. Aoki) ChinaOpen Adoption[URL="http://unproductivereproduction.blogspot.com/2007/05/megans-birthday-tree.html"]Megan's Birthday Tree[/URL] (Laurie Lears) [FONT=webdings]Y [URL="http://unproductivereproduction.blogspot.com/2007/05/megans-birthday-tree.html"][/URL][/FONT]Nutmeg Gets a Letter (Judith Foxon)[URL="http://unproductivereproduction.blogspot.com/2007/03/pugnose-has-two-special-families.html"]Pugnose Has Two Special Families[/URL] (Karis Kruzel) [URL="http://unproductivereproduction.blogspot.com/2007/03/pugnose-has-two-special-families.html"][FONT=webdings][/FONT][/URL]Rain or Shine (Hilary Horder Hippely)Sam's Sister (Juliet C. Bond)Siblings & Adoption

Boat in the Tree (Tim Wynne Jones)Emma's Strange Pet (Jean Little)Emma's Yucky Brother (Jean Little)How I Became a Big Brother (Dave Moore)Jin Woo (Eve Bunting)Just Add One Chinese Sister (Patricia McMahon)My Mei Mei (Ed Young)A New Barker in the House (Tomie de Paola)Nutmeg Gets a Little Sister (Judith Foxon)Rebecca's Journey Home (Brynn Olenberg Sugarman)Sam's Sister (Juliet C. Bond) birth sibling in an open adoption

The Sea Chest (Toni Bezzeo)Seeds of Love (Mary E. Petertyl)Sister for Matthew (Pamela Kennedy)Sisters (Judith Caseley)Ten Days and Nine Nights (Yumi Heo)Waiting for May (Janel Morgan Stoeke)Single Parents & AdoptionThe Best Single Mom in the World: How I Was Adopted (Mary Zisk)The Red Blanket (Eliza Thomas)Transracial AdoptionAllison (Allen Say)Brown Like Me (Noelle Lamperti)David's Father (Robert M. Munsch)Families are Different (Nina Pellegrini)Horace (Holly Keller)In My Heart (Molly Bang)Is That Your Sister? (Catherine & Sherry Bunin)The Lamb-a-Roo (Diana Kimpton)The Little Green Goose (Adele Sansone)Little Miss Spider (David Kirk)[URL="http://unproductivereproduction.blogspot.com/2007/03/mother-for-choco.html"]A Mother for Choco[/URL] (Keiko Kasza) [FONT=webdings]Y[/FONT] [URL="http://unproductivereproduction.blogspot.com/2007/03/mother-for-choco.html"][/URL]Mrs. Hen's Big Surprise (Christel Desmoinaux)Red in the Flower Bed (Andrea Nepa)Rosie's Family: An Adoption Story (Lori Rosove)We Wanted You (Liz Rosenberg)Welcome Home Little Baby (Lisa Harper)[URL="http://unproductivereproduction.blogspot.com/2007/05/youre-not-my-real-mother.html"]You're Not My Real Mother![/URL] (Molly Friedrich) [FONT=webdings]x[/FONT] [URL="http://unproductivereproduction.blogspot.com/2007/05/youre-not-my-real-mother.html"][/URL]Uncategorized

Adoption is for Always (Linda Walvoord Girard)Carolyn's Story: A Book About an Adopted Girl (Perry Schwartz)Families are Forever (Craig Shemin)Forever Fingerprints: An Amazing Discovery for Adopted Children (Sherri Eldridge)Giant Jack (Birte Muller)Guji Guji (Chih-Yuan Chen)Is That Your Sister?: A True Story of Adoption (Catherine Bunin)A Koala for Katie (Jonathan London)Little Lost Bat (Sandra Markle)Max and the Adoption Day Party (Adria F. Klein)Molly's Family (Nancy Garden)My Family is Forever (Nancy Carlson)My New Family: A First Look at Adoption (Pat Thomas)One Wonderful You (Francie Portnoy)Our Twitchy (Kes Gray)Place In My Heart (Mary Grossnickle)This is the Day! (Phillis Gershator)Twice-Upon-a-Time: Born and Adopted (Eleanora Patterson)We See the Moon (Carrie A. Kitze)Welcome Home, Forever Child (Christine Mitchell)