One day, as she rests under a tree, a baby bird falls out of its crowded nest-plop!-right into her pouch! Mama Blue Bird keeps a nestful of babies, but is okay with her “littlest one” being adopted by a kangaroo since she knows “her nest was not big enough for all her chicks.” It doesn’t explicitly discuss adoption from a birth siblings perspective, but is a good way to introduce the subject. I used this as a discussion starter to be read to my kids when they were in early to mid elementary school and then left is where they could access it when they were older.Ī Blessing from Above by Patti Henderson (ages 3-7) – Every night before she goes to sleep, Mama Kangaroo prays under the stars for a baby to love and hold. Organized around the acrostic W.I.S.E., kids learn that they can Walk away, reply that It’s private, choose to Share something, or Educate others. The book presents realistic situations that adopted and foster kids are likely to encounter, and guides parents and kids through different approaches to answering. Up Powerbook is designed to help adopted children and children in foster care learn how to confidently handle their story and answer questions from others on their own terms. Up! Powerbook (ages 6-16) – Created by the Center for Adoption Support and Education (CASE) in 2009, the W.I.S.E.
I had varying degrees of luck with discussion, depending on the kid. I found that none of my kids would voluntarily read The Mulberry Bird by themselves, but I used it as a read aloud when they were about 8 to stimulate discussion. In this classic adoption picture book for children, common issues in adoption are addressed―from the enduring force of a birth parent’s love and contact post-adoption to the importance of nurturing an adopted child in his or her new environment. She faces a choice: continue to struggle on her own, or give her precious baby bird to another family who can care for him in their strong, secure nest.
Try as she might, she just can’t give him the protection he needs. The Mulberry Birdby Anne Braff Brodzinsky (ages 6-10) – Mother Bird is looking after her baby bird in the forest, when a huge storm scatters her nest. Eventually, Rosa learns that even though she won’t live with her brother, she will always be Sam’s sister. Sam’s Sister follows Rosa as she navigates her mother’s grief, meets the family who will adopt her baby brother, and learns ways to cope with her own feelings of loss. Instead, she’s arranging an open adoption. Rosa’s mama is pregnant, but she can’t keep the baby. Sam’s Sister by Juliet Bond (ages 3-7) – This is the only book I’ve found written specifically for birth siblings of adopted children.
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