My Family is Forever Paperback – Picture Book, January 19, 2006

This book was perfect for use in my environment. I was looking for a general book about adoption. I'm an Elementary School Counselor and a teacher asked me to come in her class and share some info about adoption. She had 3 kids in her class that were adopted and the kids were asking lots of questions. (The adoptive moms thought it would be cool if I'd come in and share some very general info so the teacher asked.) This book is perfect. Many of the books out there get too detailed and are meant to bring out the therapeutic issues that come up for adoptive children. Those books have their important purpose. This is a great first book for adoptive families to lead their child into the idea that they were adopted and general enough for general audiences too.

We have an infant through adoption and wanted to have a way to introduce the concept right off the bat. We got a few books and this is by far the best. It has a wonderful message and uses positive language and ideas about adoption. I also like the illustrations better than other books. Our evening routine includes reading this book and Thr Family Book.

I have been searching for a book to read to our daughter who we adopted at birth. This one was recommended to me and I feel it met our needs pretty well. Generally it tells of a girl who looks different than her parents and her friend, who looks similar to his parents. I love that it says “I look like me and I think I’m cute!” It tells of how her parents flew on an airplane to get her. Things that she has in common with her parents and things she wonders if she has in common with her birth parents. There are things that don’t fit our story perfectly. But everybody’s story is different.Unrelated to the story, but the seller. I was unaware this would be a used book from a library. It came with a couple of Pages torn slightly. I probably was so focused on the content that I didn’t notice. Or it may not have been stated clearly. I can’t remember.

This has been a valuable tool to start discussions with my 3 year old on how our family has been formed. I added our own pictures at the end of his birth parents and some age appropriate language for him to understand more of "his" adoption story.

Bought this for my daughter so she can have the author sign it at her school. This book helped answers questions for my daughter who we adopted. I would recommend this book for anyone who has adopted and want to be able to explain to their adopted kid(s).

great read

Great story to share with children.

This book is great at explaining transracial adoption! I got it for my 3 year old. She really identifies with the main character. She asks me to read this every day. The only downside to this book is where it talks about wondering about the birth family. We just skip this section since we are in constant contact with her birth family and she can ask them whatever she wants to know.