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Why Was I Adopted

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I received this book from my adopted parents when I was in Grade School and really enjoyed the illustrations and the way it explained adoption. I lost by first version - so I just ordered it again and still absolutley love it almost 15 years later! I like how it mentions the different types of adoption. They go through single parent adoption and also traditional adoption. I highly recommend this book for children and parents.

Carole Livingston WHY WAS I ADOPTED?; Carol Publishing Co.; N.J.; 1996. This unique book's introduction starts the readers with whom we are not ( neither a gorilla nor a puppy. . .). This helps us explain who we are (humans) and what we are (unique people). As the adopted character in the book asks the reader(s) questions about their role in human relationships, the reader begins to have an idea that being a unique human is great and being a unique human who is adopted is very special. "An `adoptive parent" is a special kind of person." This book can do a great job at making an adopted child feel very special with great reasons of why children are adopted and how they are adopted. As well, it shares to the reader (the adopted child) that though he or she is special, he or she does not receive special treatments. The adopted child has to go to bed at a certain time, has to eat his or her carrots, and neither Mom nor Dad will not ignore ignore negetive behavior. This book is great for introducing an adopted child into a family, to a child who might feel embarrassed or ashamed about using the "adopted" when describing the self, to an elementary classroom with children who aren't too familiar with adoption or for whatever great reason YOU may have.

Many children's adoption books have a particular slant i.e. single parent adoption, or international, or domestic, newborn, older child... This book covers all aspects. It's detailed, informative, and humorous. The question and answer format appeals to both parents and children. It's a book you should have on your child's bookshelf and re-read as your child grows and develops new awarness about their sometimes complicated lives.

Susan M. Ward, mama to Hannah, adopted at age 6

As an adopted child, this book, looking back 20 years, was very helpful to my knowledge and understanding of being "born" into my family. A must read for all adopted children.

I'm almost 23 years old and since I can remember my parents have been reading this book to me. Every year on my adoption day they'd pull the book out and read it to me and then answer any questions about my adoption I had. It wreally helps for those times that you just don't know what to say. I would recommend it to anyone!

I very much like the concepts covered in this book. It is an excellent tool for letting your children express their feelings, such as feelings of grief over the loss of the birthparent relationship, etc. It is a little wordy, especially for younger children, but you can skip over some of the longer sections and read the main points on each page and still give the younger ones quite a bit of meaningful content. It is a great tool for starting conversations with your children about their feelings on being adopted.

can't wait until my son is old enough for us to start reading this with him... he' only 1. Another favorite for us is Jamie Lee Curtis's book.

This is a must have for adoptive families.

I'm a 23 year old adoptee and this is the book my mom and dad used to tell me when I was little. I still share the book with others and recommend it to parents of other adopted children. It took them reading it to me a few times before I finally got it, but that's because they started young and wanted me to always know. Because I was told at such a young age and because it was treated as nothing to ever be embarrassed about I grew up thinking it was cool and something that made me special. I recommend this book and this approach to any and all adopting families! The illustrations will make you laugh out loud (ex. a baby coming out of a gumball machine)! This book is WONDERFUL!

My husband and I are in the process of adopting a child. My brother-in-law's niece, who is now 16 loaned us her copy of this book. She was adopted as an infant and when she heard we were adopting, she pulled this book out for us. She remembered reading this book as a child and told us how it helped her to feel that she was special. It is a wonderful book and is written in words that a small child can understand. I am orderig a copy for myself.

I read this book when my step-dad adopted me. I never understood the signifigance of what it all meant when I was 11 years old. All I knew is that my birth father didn't want me. This book helped me to understand that my step-dad chose me to be his daughter. I now have friends who adopted and wanted to find this book to give to them and their baby girl--after hours of searching I found the book that helped me so many years ago. I didn't just buy one for them--I got one for me too.