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Title: Mommy Far, Mommy Near: An Adoption Story by Carol Antoinette Peacock, Shawn Costello Brownell ISBN: 0-8075-5234-8 Publisher: Shen's Books Pub. Date: 01 April, 2000 Format: School & Library Binding Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.45 (11 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Sensitive, Touching Adoption Story From Child's Viewpoint
Comment: In this sensitive, intelligent and witty account of a girl from China being adopted by U.S. parents, the author has successfully related both the emotional and factual elements of the adoption process. I especially liked the fact that the book has been written from the child's point of view. My wife and I adopted a girl from China several years ago, and this book has been a godsend to us. As we read the book to our daughter, Sarah, we realized that the author was saying all those things we had been feeling and wanting to say, yet couldn't find the words for.
I might also add that although the child in this book, Elizabeth, is from China, I feel the story is universal and applies equally well to kids from the United States or other countries.
I can not recommend this book highly enough for parents who have adopted or are considering adopting. You are truly undertaking a journey of love... a journey that is described accurately and poignantly by the author.
Rating: 5
Summary: What a way to start a conversation!
Comment: Both my husband and I have read this book to our 6 year old adopted daughter and were amazed at her response. It is sensitive and gentle, yet hits on a tender point in any adoption story. How did I come to be available? The questions that she has asked after the book is closed and she is snuggled safely in my arms, reminds me how close to the surface are her memories of China and the question of why she is in the USA instead. Although I have [unsuccessfully] brought the subject up before, this story has given her the freedom to voice her own questions and fears. If Elizabeth can ask questions and get straight answers, maybe I can too. This book is beautiful. And creates an atmosphere of safety and love that gives the adopted child a chance to ask.
Rating: 5
Summary: Charming! Compassionate!
Comment: The title of this charming book already tells us that the author includes the birthmother in the family's lives. This adoption story is told by the young child Elizabeth and shows her thought process as she looks at her adoption album and consoles her mother when she didn't have a baby yet, but now she does. The author also charmingly introduces Penny, the dog adopted from an animal shelter and young Elizabeth is happy for Penny to have a family too. It is fun to see the two little Chinese girls talk about their "far mommy and a near mommy" and fantasize talking to their far mommy on the toy telephone. The author cleverly weaves in the adoptive family's love for the two unknown Chinese birthmothers and throughout the pages lets us feel Elizabeth's joy and sorrow when she thinks of her unknown Chinese mommy. Our family has experienced this kind of love for our own birthmother during all the years that we did not know her, but now we have found one another and have a wonderful relationship.
Gisela Gasper Fitzgerald, author of ADOPTION: An Open, Semi-Open or Closed Practice?
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Title: Kids Like Me in China by Ying Ying Fry, Amy Klatzkin, Brian Boyd, Terry Fry, Terry Fry ISBN: 0963847260 Publisher: Yeong & Yeong Book Company Pub. Date: 01 November, 2001 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
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Title: The White Swan Express: A Story About Adoption by Jean Davies Okimoto, Elaine M. Aoki, Meilo So ISBN: 0618164537 Publisher: Clarion Books Pub. Date: 21 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: When You Were Born in China: A Memory Book for Children Adopted from China by Sara Dorow, Stephen Wunrow ISBN: 096384721X Publisher: Yeong & Yeong Book Company Pub. Date: 01 January, 1997 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: I Love You Like Crazy Cakes by Rose A. Lewis, Jane Dyer, Rose Lewis ISBN: 0316525383 Publisher: Little, Brown Pub. Date: 01 September, 2000 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: We See the Moon by Carrie A. Kitze ISBN: 0972624406 Publisher: Emk Pr Pub. Date: 15 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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