Lately I have been doing book reviews on older fiction books but thought for the month of November wouldn’t it be nice if I did a book review on Adoption.
A few months ago I was going through Amazon (my favourite website in the whole wide web) and decided to put in “adoption” in the search bar. I came across this cute looking book and decided to read more on it.
As soon as I finished reading up on it I knew that I just had to order it…so I went to my local book store (Coles) and had it ordered into their store (it was cheaper to do that than order it off of Amazon this time).
Once it came I couldn’t wait to sit down and read it with Little E. Let me just tell you…it is the cutest story ever.
It starts off with Barley and his Mama cuddling in their favourite chair and Barley asks his Mama to tell him about how he was “her wish come true”. So she began to tell him. Barley continues to ask more questions and his Mama answers them with ease telling how she had an empty place in her heart that she just longed to fill and how the mommy that grew him in her tummy helped her make her wish come true.
This book also talks about how it’s ok if adopted children and their family don’t look alike because “what makes a family is their love for each other”
One of my favourite parts in the whole book is when Mama bear looks at Barley and says “Of all the children in the whole wide world, God picked YOU for ME”.
This is a cute story…maybe a bit too lengthy for a three year old…but definitely one to keep on hand for when your child gets a little bit older. The illustrations are cute and I believe the author does a wonderful job of helping to explain adoption in a sense that is non scary and beautiful all at the same time.
If you have a child that is adopted in your household…or know of somebody that has adopted a child…this book is a must have.
Definitely a 5 out of 5 lollipop kind of book!
I was not compensated for this book…it was just a book I picked up and decided to share with all of you.
Laura
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