What would you want in a children's book?

I'd like to see books that are just regular stories where the family happens to have kids who are adopted in addition to stories . I'd also like to see pictures of parents who look young & are in good shape. A lot of the books I see have moms who look old & frumpy & fat, I hate that, like they think moms have to be unattractive. And maybe a blue collar dad like my husband instead of one who goes to work in a suit. I'd love a book with a family that looks like mine, which is something I haven't seen!

I would like to see more books that have non-infant domestic adoptions. Seems you can't hardly find books featuring older child, from U.S., and transracial families in one. Also more books where the kids might not exactly "match" each other. I agree that it would be great to have stories not about adoption that feature adoptive families! That would probably be the best to keep my child's attention. What I want MOST of all is a book that explains adoption to children who are not adopted nor the sibling in an adoptive family. A book I could give to friends and family that they could read with their children in order to discuss adoption appropriately and with accurate terms. I think this form of education would go a long way to reducing rude questions and incorrect statements made by both children and adults.

I would love to see more children's books where the kids did not match the parents but where that was not the story. Books of people of different races that are not about race or the colors of the world. Or if it must be more obviously about transracial adoption, stories where the family was learning something about blacks or hispanics together.

I met with her last week. Her daughter adopted domestically once and is now in the process of adopting a second AA boy from Uganda. Anyway- She really wants to do a book that celebrates the differences and similarities between the adoptive parents and the adopted children. I gave her some feedback on some things and I'll be curious to see the book if/when it gets published.