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Adoption/Foster Care

Daviess County Public Library

22 items

  • We Belong Together

    a Book About Adoption and Families

    Parr, Todd,
    BookNew York : Little, Brown and Co., 2007. — E P
  • BookNew York : Random House, [2017] — E M
  • Star of the Week

    a Story of Love, Adoption, and Brownies With Sprinkles

    Friedman, Darlene
    As her turn to be "Star of the Week" in her kindergarten class approaches, Cassidy-Li puts together a poster with pictures of her family, friends, and pets, and wonders about her birthparents in China.
    BookNew York : Bowen Press, c2009. — E F
  • The smiling moon watches over a baby girl in China whose parents love her but cannot take care of her, and guides a childless couple that lives far away to the daughter for whom they yearn.
    UnknownNew York : Alfred A. Knopf, c2010. — E C
  • The Red Thread

    An Adoption Fairy Tale

    Lin, Grace
    A sad king and queen find joy and happiness after a mysterious red thread leads them to a baby waiting to be adopted.
    UnknownMorton Grove, Ill. : Albert Whitman & Co c2007. — E L
  • Welcome Comfort, a lonely foster child, is assured by his friend the school custodian that there is a Santa Claus, but he does not discover the truth until one wondrous and surprising Christmas Eve.
    BookNew York : Philomel Books, 1999. — E P
  • Caroline is anxious all day at school, nervous about her newly-adopted sister's arrival from far away.
    BookNew York, NY : Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2018] — E M
  • A king adopts a family of orphans who try to impress him with gifts and their talents, but it is the one willing to spend time with him who wins his approval.
    BookWheaton, Ill. : Crossway Books, 1999. — E L
  • When Meili learns her parents are adopting another child, she must accept the role of big sister and realize a new addition can be just right too.
    BookChicago, Illinois : Albert Whitman & Company, [2018] — E L
  • Five-year-old Rosa becomes a big sister to a baby boy for whom their mother plans an open adoption because she cannot properly care for another child.
    UnknownIndianapolis, Ind. : Perspectives Press, c2004. — E B
  • A young girl eagerly awaits the arrival of her newly-adopted sister from Korea, while her whole family prepares.
    BookNew York : Schwartz & Wade Books, 2009. — E H
  • Inspired by news anchor Hoda Kotb's moving and special adoption of a beautiful baby girl, this picture book is a celebratory and poetic testament to the joy that is motherhood.
    BookNew York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2018] — E K
  • Three young children experience the joys and challenges of being raised by two mothers.
    BookNew York : Philomel Books, 2009. — E P
  • A puppy comes to live with his adoptive mother, who is a cat.
    BookNew York : Schwartz & Wade Books, [2016] — E G