When You Were Born in China: A Memory Book for Children Adopted from China (Hardcover)

~ Sara Dorow (Author), Stephen Wunrow (Photographer) "The story of when you were born in China is very special..." (more)

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9-12
  
• Hardcover: 44 pages
• Publisher: Yeong & Yeong Book Company; 1 edition (January 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 096384721X
• ISBN-13: 978-0963847218
• Product Dimensions: 11.3 x 8.9 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.1 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #349,730 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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58 of 58 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Helpful, Sensitive, Packed with Photos, June 30, 2001

By	Deborah J. Taub "college prof and avid reader" (Lafayette, IN United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Members of my family and friends as well have found this book very helpful in gaining an understanding of our Chinese daughter's home country and the situation surrounding Chinese adoption. They feel they've learned many things that they did not know before. I am hopeful that this book also will be useful and interesting to my daughter as she grows.

I particularly appreciate the sensitivity with which the book presents the Chinese culture and tbe reason that most of the children adopted from China are girls. The other wonderful thing about this book is that it is packed with photos of everyday China and of adopting families in China.

If Chinese adoption has touched your family, I encourage you to add this book to your collection!

41 of 42 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Invaluable book for children adopted from China, September 15, 2000

By	"book_maven" (San Francisco, CA USA) - See all my reviews

....Sara Dorow's book tells adopted children, "Chinese peoplelove children, and family members are very close to one another." It does not suggest that American parents love children better....

When You Were Born in China is sensitive and respectful to China, to Chinese birth parents, and to all the people in China who care for orphaned children in China's social welfare institutions. It is a superb book, and its explanation of the reasons children become available for adoption in China is a masterful combination of accuracy and concision. Every adoptive family with a child from China should have this book in their child's collection.

38 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars great for kids under 6, April 21, 2001

By	Larry Mark "editor of MyJewishBooks.com" (nyc) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

Each page is filled with pictures of China and a couple of easy sentences about Chinese history, beauty, culture, and how kids enjoy Coke and dumplings when they can splurge. Includes sentences that tell about the adoption process, and reinforce the point that the child is loved. Discusses how laws by China's leaders allow only one child per family, and how Chinese parents LOVE children, but ancient ideas about male babies are hard to overcome in some families, and girls get placed for adoption to other loving couples. Encouraging. Primary idea is that your (the child's) story began in China.