A Family for Jamie: AN ADOPTION STORY [Hardcover]

Suzanne Bloom (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 27, 1991 | Age Level: 3 and up

Although Dan and Molly can make cookies and birdhouses, they cannot make a baby, so they adopt Jamie and share with him their life and love.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

PreSchool-Grade 1-- After a favorable interview with an adoption counselor, Dan and Molly dream of and plan what they'll do when they have a child to share their lives. In the fall there is a baby for them; friends and relatives rejoice at the arrival of Jamie. This is a well-done addition to the meager adoption literature accessible to very young children. The parents' longing for a child is clearly explained without sentimentality, and the adoption procedure is appropriately simplified. Bright, detailed illustrations abound in equity--Molly builds, Dan bakes; family friends are multiracial and of various ages; the endpapers show a child in a wheelchair; even Jamie is portrayed generically. On some spreads, full-page illustrations stand opposite brief text surrounded by the accoutrements of childhood. A book that will fit nicely with I Am Adopted (Bodley Head, 1983; o.p.) by Susan Lapsley and The Chosen Baby (Lippincott, 1977) by Valentina Wasson. --Virginia Opocensky, formerly at Lincoln City Libraries, NB
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 3 and up
  
• Hardcover: 24 pages
• Publisher: Clarkson Potter; 1st edition (February 27, 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0517574926
• ISBN-13: 978-0517574928
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.9 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,773,025 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect explanation of adoption for a young child., October 22, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: A Family for Jamie: AN ADOPTION STORY (Hardcover)

The best book on adoption ever written! I'm an adoptive mother and an adoption professional, so I've read hundreds of adoption books, many of them also very good. This one is something special. It's been my daughter's favorite adoption book since she was a baby. She asks for it over and over, even though she knows every word by heart. I keep it on our agency's required reading list, despite it being so hard to get, to show families they can present adoption to young children in a manner that is sensitive to the feelings of the child, parents and birth parents. The book is truly a love story. I hope it will become available again soon!

5.0 out of 5 stars Heartwarming, July 13, 2004

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This review is from: A Family for Jamie (Hardcover)

This book certainly tells our story, of how we waited and waited for a baby, and how everyone around us was also very excited when we got him. Maybe it's because our adoption is still so recent, but this mommy cries when she reads this book. When our child is old enough, I think it will be a very positive book for him.