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Adoption book recommendation for sibling

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Searchingforabook · 06/01/2021 19:07

Hi all,
Can anyone recommend an adoption book for a 5 year old? DD is adopted and we are going through the process to adopt again so would like to plant the seeds for her. At the moment I'm making do with a "New baby" book and we talk about it in terms of biological baby or adopted. She gets it surprisingly well, but I would like a book on adoption.
Any recommendations?

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scully29 · 06/01/2021 19:24

We got a doc mcstuffins book, i think its called baby mcstuffins to put the idea in, where docs family adopts a baby. There is also a dvd of it. they are lovely. We got one on becoming a big sister from the library too - How I became a big sister: An adoption story
Moore, Dave
We also watched Matilda (may be too scary for a 5 year old so maybe you could read the story and edit stuff to your liking just to highlight the adoption by Miss Honey etc???
Also nutmeg gets adopted? weve a few like that?

percypetulant · 06/01/2021 19:49

The New Small Person doesn't mention adoption, but works for it.

Emma's Yucky Brother

Paddington

And yes, Nutmeg gets adopted.

"I wished for you" is a beautiful book.

Searchingforabook · 06/01/2021 20:57

Lovely! Thank you!

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scully29 · 06/01/2021 21:49

Have you also got 'welcoming a new brother or sister through adoption' by arleta james? its for you not kids but may be helpful? And the little work book from coram corambaaf.org.uk/books/adopting-brother-or-sister, we went through that with ours. My son is abit older but likes that frodo was adopted so could be useful in future. We also occasionally query families on cebebbies thinking of they might be adopted etc, ' I wonder if Flop adopted Bing' etc just to make it very daily life etc.

scully29 · 06/01/2021 22:20

also Adoption : Ganeri, Anita, nice childrens one.

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