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Happy Adoption Day!

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We received this book as a Christmas gift shortly after our 2nd child arrived from Korea. I read it to my daughter at nap time and found myself dissolving into tears. Here was OUR story. This is a delightful book for any adoptive family, especially those with children from Asia. The song is marvellous; we sing it regularly and of course on thoses "adoption day" celebrations.

We received this book (and the companion CD - Family Garden) as a gift for our daughters adoption day. In our family (three kids and counting - by adoption) we celebrate adoption days in much the same way as birthdays with cake, presents songs etc. That is where this book comes in. It is absolutely perfect. On each childs adoption day, they blow out the candles on the cake and we open this book, put in the CD and all sing together. The kids absolutely love it and you can see in their eyes whether it is their day or not, that there is a deep and loving meaning to the whole process which makes this so much more than just a book and a song. As I said to my sister who gave it to us, it is truly the gift that keeps on giving. Wishing you many happy adoption days.

Adoption day is a kind of birthday.

Some families (like ours) may choose after a while to celebrate only a child's actual birthday.

Nevertheless, this book is a helpful way to celebrate a child's acceptance into his or her adoptive family, especially for kids adopted at older ages or internationally.

There is nothing wrong with stating that the world is troubled. After all, it is.

But the overall message of this beautifully illustrated volume is one of acceptance and love. It is a keepsake that most adoptive families will cherish.

Hurrah, John McCutcheon! Alyssa A. Lappen

Cheerful, brightly colored book done in song that celebrates the uniting of a family via adoption. I am a parent on her way to adopt her child internationally and I was looking for a good children's and family book. Most books I saw treated adoption as "different" or a "problem". This book celebrates! Very cool

Great book. This is our second purchase of the book. We bought one for us and liked it so much, we now buy it as a gift.

This book is based on a beautiful song (printed with the music in the back of the book) that the author wrote for a friend. It doesn't address the "issue" of adoption as much as talking about how this family comes together and how the paths of their lives lead them together. (rather fate-based?) It also speaks to the diversity of many families ("No matter single or pairs. . .No matter the skin, we are all of us kin. . .") and, albeit briefly and generally, is very reassuring that families are made up in many different ways.

The song is very nice and my daughter enjoys me singing it at the end of the book. Through the pictures, you can point out that one child has two mother's, or two children have just a father, and that one child has different eyes or skin from his parents. My husband and I love this book, but if you are ultra-conservative (one would hope any adoptive parent wouldn't be), it won't be for you. It is a great lesson in diversity!

Still brings a tear every time I read it or make dh sing it. We have a four year old bio son, 20 month old triplets who we adopted (we have had them from seconds after their birth), and I am pregnant with boy number five. Because two of our five are bio, we don't call November 18 "Adoption Day," but "Family Day." Still, I cannot read this lovely song, or point to the vibrant pictures without my voice shaking. My kids are all young, so I have no way of knowing how they will like it when they are old enough to have questions. It just seems to express beautifully and simply much of what I feel as an adoptive mom. It is certainly not a comprehensive thought-provoking manual for addressing the deeper adoption issues I hope to discuss with my kids as they mature. This is merely a celebration and a love song, and for now that is quite enough for me.

As an adoptive Mom, I get so tired of kids books that talk about being saddened or depressed by adoption. Yes, kids may need to talk through those issues at times, but I wanted a book that would introduce adoption to my infant daughter in a positive way. "Happy Adoption Day" does that beautifully, with joyful rollicking text and an explosion of colorful illustrations. This books is such a favorite of my (now 2 year old) daughter that I had to put it up on a top shelf and bring it down only by request because it was about to disintegrate! Read a more complete review and learn more about my adoption story at my blog www.kiddobeans.com

Happy Adoption Day is a wonderful book to help families and children celebrate the occasion on Adoption Day. As a social worker, I give this book to every child that is adopted into a loving home to serve as a momento of this special time in their lives. The message in the book works well with children who are adopted at birth, at an older age, internationally or who are of a different nationality than their adoptive parents. I would certainly recommend it!

Nice child like illustrations. Uses families of all ethnic background in the illutrations. Great sing song (music tape available) reading. My son loves it and wants to read it again and again!