Discover The Best Children’s Books on Adoption

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Children’s Literature on Adoption

Today we will be going over the best children’s books on adoption.

Having adoption shown in our books, shows, and media is I believe very important for our children. Your child needs to see that they are not alone and their feelings are shared. 

Plus having literature and media for your friends and family to share as a family for their little ones to have a chance to ask their questions is important as well. 

This is not just a list of children’s books on adoption for adoptive families but for all families in general.

One of our goals as adoptive parents is to have our child always know that he is adopted. There will never be a moment that we sit him down and have to tell him his adoption story; he will always just know it. 

Reading these children’s books on adoption gives us another easy opportunity to share his own story with him.

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Children’s Books on Adoption

Adoption is not all sunshine and rainbows. Adoption is complex and there are happy moments and there are hard moments. 

This list of children’s books on adoption are books that reflect the good and the bad.

They truthfully show the complexity of adoption, which is what our children deserve from us.

I’ve Loved You Since Forever by Hoda Kota

A photograph of the book cover of I've Loved You Since Forever sitting on a white counter top. The book cover has one large orange fox and one orange baby fox looking at each other sitting on blueish green grass in-between birch trees with the night sky in the background with one large star. The words "#1 New York Times Bestseller Hoda Kota" are at the top and the words "I've Loved You Since Forever" centered at the bottom.
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Adoption is Both by Elena S Hall

A photograph of the book cover of Adoption Is Both sitting on a white counter top. The background of the cover is all white. With blue puff ball with eyes, legs, arms, and sad face on the left. A red puff ball with eyes, legs, arms, and a happy face no the right. The words "ADOPTION IS BOTH" towards the top to the left and the words "BY ELENA S HALL" at the bottom left.
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Tell Me Again About the Day I Was Born by Jamie Lee Curtis

A photograph of the book cover of Tell Me Again About The Night I Was Born sitting on a white counter top. The cover of the book is the back of little girl with brown hair with a yellow crown on her head wearing pink boa and a pink dress with a tan dog with brown spots sitting right next to her. The little girl and dog are sitting in front of a large window looking out into the stary night sky. The words "Tell Me Again" in pink "About the Night I Was Born" in white centered at the top of the cover and the words "by Jamie Lee Curtis illustrated by Laura Cornell" in blue right under the other wording.
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Tell Me My Story: What Does Adopted Mean? By Raquel Mcloud

Photograph of the book cover Tell Me My Story with the book sitting on a white counter top. The background of the book is blue with two women; One women with brown hair in a dark pink top and the other with blonde hair in a lite pink top both are white. Each woman is holding a baby wearing pink hat and orange clothes. Four pink butterflies are at the left top of the ladies and three pink butterflies are at the bottom right of the ladies. The words "kid conversations about adoption" are in smaller letters at the top of the book and the words "TELL ME MY STORY WHAT DOES ADOPTED MEAN?" are in bigger letters centered just under the other phrase.
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We’re Different, We’re The Same by Bobbi Kates and Joe Mathieu

Photograph the cover of the book "We're Different, We're The Same" sitting on a white countertop. The background is yellow with drawings of big bird, Bert, Ernie, Elmo, and lots of different children all surrounding the a piece of paper with the title of the books and Cookie Monster holding a piece of paper that has written "AND WE'RE ALL WONDERFUL".
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I Am Enough by Grace Byers

The book cover of I Am Enough sitting on a white countertop. The cover has a white background the name of the book at the top. A close up drawing of a little girl who is black with big curly hair with a purple headband and wearing a yellow shirt with white daisies is centered in the middle of the book.
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The Story Of My Open Adoption by Leah Campbell

Close up picture of the book The Story of my Open Adoption. The background the picture of the book is blue with a large red door in the middle and green grass at the very bottom. In the middle of the cover is a black and white bunny wearing a gray sweater, a gray bunny wearing an orange dress, and brown squirrel wearing a blue shirt. Each of them hugging each other.
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Children’s Books on Adoption That I Do Not Own, But Are On My List To Buy

A is For Always by Linda Cutting

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Yes, I’m Adopted by Sharlie Zinniger

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Children’s Books on Adoption

Reading to your child is so important cognitively and also emotionally. 

Having books in your reading routine on adoption can be so important for your adoptive child and can help your child emotionally express themselves. 

I can be pretty picky when it comes to what books I buy, but these books I am even more picky about. I want to make sure I choose books that will be most helpful for my child and hopefully in turn help you have the best books for your child.

If you are reading this post in preparation and have not started the adoption process I have a post you can read here on the adoption process and also a post here on the home study process.

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