This is Me - Memories to Gather and Keep [Hardcover]

Susan L. Pierce (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 16, 1999

The adoption lifebook of choice by more adoptive parents, This is Me! offers a classically-styled, traditional "baby book" look and feel to the popular lifebook format that's suitable for all adoptive families and their children -- whether adopted from the US or internationally as infants, toddlers, or even older children.

** Suitable for one and two parent adoptive families, traditional and alternative;

** Gender-neutral presentation, perfect for a boy or girl;

** Quality 9" x 12" padded white cover imprinted in gold;

** Unique post binding allows pages to be added and removed easily;

** Printed on acid-free parchment paper;

** 76 total pages - 37 information pages, 39 lined information-ready pages;

** Includes medical information pages and immunization schedules;

** 1 document sleeve and 2 sheets of vinyl photo pages to get you started;

** standard 3-hole format makes it easy to add additional photo sleeves and pages;

** Additional pages for birthdays up to age 18 and school through Grade 12;

** Also suitable for adoptive parents living outside the US

Editorial Reviews

Review

"My son was very excited when he saw this book, filling it out got us talking ..." -- C. Vargas -- Adoptive Families Magazine, August 2006

About the Author

Susan Pierce is the busy mother of 5 children - 3 adopted and 2 step. She originally created "This is Me" for the first two children she and her husband, Marty, adopted. Jessica and Alan had been in foster care for over 3 years and needed to put their past on paper to start the long healing process. Upon the urging of friends and social workers, they now offer their book for all foster and adopted children!

Product Details

• Hardcover: 82 pages
• Publisher: AdoptShoppe Press (May 16, 1999)
• ISBN-10: 1930218001
• ISBN-13: 978-1930218000
• Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 9.8 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #766,141 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

73 of 81 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not what I expected at all!, July 10, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: This is Me - Memories to Gather and Keep (Hardcover)

I bought this book for some good friends of mine who are adopting, however was so disappointed that I returned it instead of giving it as a gift. I had looked for a baby book that would include adoption information as well as all of the normal baby book pages but this is NOT what I had in mind. I got this book even though the cover is not exactly the cutest for a baby book but the inside pages are just as bad! They have used the handprints throughout and have only included a couple of the normal baby book pages. More than half of the book is pages for vaccinations, doctors appointments, allergies, and birthparents history. I was looking for a baby book (with all of the little cute pages for baby's first tooth, baby's first step, etc. with an adoption twist (i.e., when did you get "the call," how long did you have to wait to get me, etc.). This has pages for the child up to ten years old and includes too many pages for birthparent information. It would be a good book for a health history and background history on the birthparents and child but NOT as a baby book to document all of the things that happened throughout the adoption process and baby growing up (all of the exciting moments and most memorable moments.

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars finally...an adoption "baby book", March 31, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: This is Me - Memories to Gather and Keep (Hardcover)

Wow! I have searched and searched for a book like this. This baby book is specifically designed for parents who have adopted...an you can customize it to an infant, and older child, a domestic adoption, or an international adoption. I was thrilled. A must have for parents who are adopting! The only quality I would improve is to have a more eye catching front cover.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent and flexible, November 16, 2001

By 

Bridget Smyser (Needham, MA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: This is Me - Memories to Gather and Keep (Hardcover)

I found this book to contain space for everything I wanted to record about our son's adoption. I was able to add blank contrasting papers to glue photos to, and remove pages that didn't apply to us. I also liked the personalization about my son's birth country. There was plenty of space of baby firsts, and it will be a continuing record of his life up through college.