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Emma's Story

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This is a lovely adoption story for children from China or other Asian countries. The story begins with a young preschooler enjoying cookie making time with her grandmother. But as she makes cookies representing her family, as children do, she is feeling sad because she looks different than the other people in her family. Her grandmother lovingly takes her into her lap and retells the story of Emma's adoption from China. Most of the book is about her adoption and journey home, with the joy that this brings to her family. It has a loving ending, where she plays in the park with her family and knows sometime she will return to China to visit. Song Nan Zhans's colorful illustrations illuminate the story with warmth.

It's a story starts in the kitchen of Emma's grandma one day while making cookies. Emma notices her cookie is different looking that her brothers and asks why. Emma and her grandmother sit down and look at Emma's very own life story book. This is a book that I hope my daughter will enjoy and help her understand there are other girls and boys who have been adopted, have similar questions and maybe feel the same way.

It does not mention birth parents or abandonment so this is a good book to start to introduce your child to the fact that other babies have been adopted from China. The pictures in the book do not look like actual photos so your child will not get confused that this is actually her story but a little like her story.


This book is very special to us, especially since I found this book after we'd named our daughter the same name as in the book before even knowing about this book.