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Why I Chose You (100 Reasons)

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My twin foster children have been with us for almost two years. When I was Christmas shopping my foster son(we plan to adopt both)he spotted this book. He read two or three pages and insisted that we had to have this book. I of course was trying to keep from crying in the store after 3 pages. My son came home with his prize and proceeded to read the whole book outloud to the family. Both he and his sister got more excited as he read. He had other things to add to what was in the book too. I basically was a blubberly mess. Not just a sentimental book though, there are a lot of very deep things in the book.

===A very happy soon to be permanant Dad of two 9 year olds.

I initially found this book at a local department store when shopping with my mother-in-law, her 2 sons are adopted. As she started skimming through this book in the store she started crying! I knew right away that this would be a perfect gift for her, but the price seemed too high at the store. I checked out Amazon.com when I got home and found it for $10 less!! If you have adopted children, this is a MUST!!

My husband and I are currently in the process of adopting our first child. When I came across this book in the store it stopped me dead in my tracks. Faster than you could blink an eye I was standing in the middle of the aisle reading each page and crying my eyes out. The photos and words in this book truly touched my heart, and I know that it will fast become a family favorite.

Powerful, emotional, exceptionally well done. A perfect gift for anyone who has adopted a child and beautiful reading for the extended family. It captures the almost indescribable feelings that unite a parent and child and will, at some point, be a valuable tool in expressing those feelings to the child.

it's really a book about all the different reasons that different people choose adoption. many of them don't apply to why WE chose to adopt. so i'm not as excited to read it to my kids. i'll keep it in our library, but probably won't pull it out very often.

My daughter is a single Mom adopting a new baby and wants lots of books like this one to read to her little one. She is a teacher as are all family members and we like using books to get our messages across when possible, because it helps reading ,listening and understanding skills while getting a point across. This is a very sweet book while making a child feel very "Chosen".

This was a Christmas gift to one of my adopted twins to let her know just how special she was to me. I placed an inscription on the inside front cover and I think it will be a keepsake she'll keep forever. The book came quickly, as promised, and was in excellent condidition.

This book caught my eye while out shopping as I am adopted(now in my 30's), after I finished sobbing my eyes out in the store, I purchased a copy of the book for some friends who have 6 adopted children. I am told that this is their favorite book and they read it daily. One of the smaller children even has it memorized. While this book is awesome for "traditional" families, unfortunately, as other reviews have mentioned, it does not include photos of what some would consider "non-traditional" families. Maybe next time the author/publishers can be more inclusive to ALL families??

It would be hard for any author and his editors to represent every type of adoptive family in this book. And those not represented should acknowledge that, but it seems appearant that was a conscious effort made to limit and/or exclude non-white, non-straight families, non tradional families.

I was very pleased when I found this book on Adoption and my heart swelled as I read the various passages, but as I skimmed through it I failed to see a single picture of two dads. I thought I might have missed it, so I skimmed again, nope, not there.

But what I did find was an email address in the back of the book for the author. I sent him an email addressing my concerns. He responded quickly and reasonably. While I disagree with the marketing of the book, I applaud Greg Lang for his interest and effort and I have since purchased the book.

Note to the Editors: Had not the author responded personaly to my concerns, I would not have purchased this book, so keep that in mind for your second printing.

The book Why I Chose You was a disappointment for me. It's just okay. I expected some short adoption stories. Instead the book just lists simple sentences that express reasons for adopting along with an accompanying photo of an adopted child and his family. The book lacks substance. I don't recommend it.