Customer Reviews

The Red Blanket

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The Red Blanket is a very sweet picture book about adoption. This is written instory form from adopted mother to her child. She tells the story of how she was lonley and wanted a child to share her life with. She plans everything out and buys items for her new baby. The items include a special red balnket. The blanket is loney and has been in the children's shop for a long time. The mother feels like it has been waiting for a special child. She goes to China and adopts the baby girl. At first the bay is unsure of the new mother. But she gives the baby the blanket and things go better for them both.

This is a great picture book to teach young children that sometimes Mommys and Babies become a family by adoption.

We recommend this book to children ages 1-4. The book is short enough to keep their attention and has a great story line as well.

I am getting ready to adopt from China in the next year and wanted to create a library for my child. I am a single woman and this book is perfect. It tells a beautiful story and is about a single woman adopting from China. I love it and so do all of my friends.

I love this book! I purchased it as a gift for a 3 year old adopted from China when she was 10 months old and her single mother. She is at the age when she is asking questions about family and it's important for her to see herself represented in media. The only part i didn't like was that the mother 'felt empty' even though she had a nice home, a dog, etc and that's why she adopted. That idea is a little tricky for a youngster who needs to not feel they are there to take care of their parent. The rest of the messege of the book is quite wonderful and worth it.

This story begins with a red baby blanket in a store inspiring a single woman to consider the adoption of a child. Through the story the blanket brings comfort to the young girl as she begins her life outside of the adoption center in China. As the bond between the mother and child develop over the span of years, the red blanket continues to convey the initial, unconditional love shared by her adoptive mother. The colors used in the oil paintings convey warmth and emotion throughout the story with crisp detail. As cross-country adoptions become more common and family dynamics change, this story maintains a current day appeal. Within the constraints of a picture book, this story conveys the struggles and frustrations experienced transitioning a baby from an orphanage to a new family. While particularly appropriate for the topic of adoption, children of all backgrounds can appreciate the young girl's attachment to her blanket. This book would be a wonderful addition to a study on families.

As one of the hundreds of single women who traveled to China and
adopted ,my daughter and I relate to this book. I tell her
that this was also the story of her and I only our blanket was white.

A lovely picture book with slightly longer text about a chinese adoption. A book to read to a child under 7. The text is too long for a child under that age to read themselves. A nice book for single adopters as it features a single American mother who is adopting on her own. Good pictures of an orphinage setting and the joy of receiving authorisation to adopt. Also a good follow through with the child becoming a young adolecent and knowing what the red blanket stood for - ie the time she and her mother became a family.

I bought this book initially for my nieces and nephew who were preschool age at the time of my adoption. I wanted to help them understand a single woman becoming a mom AND adoption I also bought it for my son (and created a red blanket for him). I've since bought a copy for a couple I know who are pursuing a Chinese adoption (and mailed it to them with a red blanket). It's a great story and easy to understand for a wide age range.

I thought the book was really cute. I guess it is geared for single moms...b/c there was no dad included??

My kids have gone through phases of requesting this book at bedtime, so it rates a few stars in my opinion. But it's not great. I have two main problems with it: (1) It is very highly focused on the adoptive mother. Her feelings, her sadness, her loneliness, her reasons for adopting, her actions. I prefer my adoption books to be more kid-centered. (2) It's just way too long and wordy. So many details are provided that in my opinion add nothing to the story. Every time I read it aloud I abridge it more. To end on a positive note, I do like that it's a true story and my kids will ask things like "where is Pan Pan now?" Having another child's true adoption story available to us is a plus.

Not one our favorite China adoption stories, it is ok but does not really keep my daughter's attention and I find it a little mediocre too.