Adoption Is for Always [Hardcover]

Linda Walvoord Girard (Author), Linda Walvoord (Author), Abby Levine (Editor)

Book Description

Age Level: 5 and up | Grade Level: K and up

Although Celia reacts to having been adopted with anger and insecurity, her parents help her accept her feelings and celebrate their love for her by making her adoption day a family holiday. Includes factual information about the adoption process.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Kindergarten-Grade 3 Celia (who appears to be five or six years old) has always known that she was adopted, but she is just beginning to understand the significance of the word. Although her parents deal with her questions with honesty and love, Celia experiences a confused mixture of fear and anger. Was she given up because she was bad? Would her birthmother come and take her away from her adoptive parents? Her parents and teacher stress the love that her birthparents felt for her, as well as how much she is loved and wanted by her adoptive family. In addition to her birthday, Celia and her parents decide to celebrate her adoption day each year. This well written book succeeds as a story as well as bibliotherapy. Information a young child can understand about adoption is skillfully integrated into the text. Expressive pencil drawings within colored borders enhance the story. One of the best titles about adoption available for young children. Marguerite F. Raybould, Glendale Public Library, Calif.
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Review

"One of the best titles available about adoption for young children."

School Library Journal

"Girard's story examines an important issue with sensitivity."

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 5 and up
  
• Hardcover: 32 pages
• Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company (October 1987)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0807501859
• ISBN-13: 978-0807501856
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 8.3 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,247,055 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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58 of 58 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A great tool for helping a child understand adoption, April 4, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Adoption Is for Always (Albert Whitman Concept Paperbacks) (Paperback)

This book is ideal for children who are trying to understand what it means to be adopted, with text geared toward those around four years of age or older. It doesn't avoid the tough issues of adoption: the child in this book voices the fear that her adoptive parents will "give her back", and in a fit of anger she tells her adoptive mother she wants her "real mommy" (birthmother). These are real emotions that adopted children experience, and as my daughter and I read the book together, we can talk about her similar feelings.

27 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An outstanding book, October 10, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Adoption Is for Always (Albert Whitman Concept Paperbacks) (Paperback)

We found this book a great way to introduce the idea of what being adopted really means to our almost-4-year-old daughter. Although some of the story line is above her level of understanding, she loves the book (as evidenced by its' dog-eared appearance). This is definitely her favorite for bedtime reading, and she will repeat phrases or concepts from the book at other times. We know she will have questions in the future that aren't addressed here, but this was a great place to start.

26 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful book, March 7, 2001

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Pat Lowe "patquilts" (Stockbridge, GA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Adoption Is for Always (Albert Whitman Concept Paperbacks) (Paperback)

I read this book with my 9 year old adopted son. Even though he didn't comment, I felt it helped him feel alone in his feelings and questions about his adoption. The story is very realistic and discusses many of the questions he has had recently. I highly recommend this book for any adopted family, especially for those children adopted at birth. I think it would be a bit above the heads of some younger children.