resources

Here are some great children's books we've purchased. I've divided them into categories: books that deal with adoption (though not necessarily Chinese specific), books about China (but not about adoption), general children's books, and religious children's books.

Children's Books about Adoption:

Tell Me Again About the Night I Was Born (not Chinese specific)

My Family is Forever (Chinese adoption specific)

The White Swan Express: A Story About Adoption (Chinese adoption specific)

Shaoey and Dot: Bug Meets Bundle (Chinese adoption specific)

It's Okay To Be Different (while not necessarily about adoption, it lists adoption as one of the things it's "okay to be different" about)


Children's Books about China:

My First Chinese New Year

The Story About Ping (the story takes place in China, and was one of Amy's childhood favorites)

Moonbeams, Dumplings & Dragon Boats: A Treasury of Chinese Holiday Tales, Activities & Recipes (great resource with projects to bake and make for the major Chinese festivals)

Round is a Mooncake: A Book of Shapes


General Children's Books:

Sun Bread

I Knew You Could!

The Listening Walk (Miss Spider)

Dashing Through the Snow (Miss Spider)

Mr. Peabody's Apples

Belinda, the Ballerina

Old Blue Buggy

I'm Gonna Like Me (rpkg): Letting Off a Little Self-Esteem

Richard Scarry's Smokey's Fire Engine (Book, Toy and Puzzle)

Miss Honey's School Bus


Religous Children's Books:

The Biggest Bible Storybook

Lift-and-Learn New Testament Stories

God Gave Me: A Story Of God's Blessings

God Smiles When

He's Got the Whole World in His Hands

Just In Case You Ever Wonder - Board Book

The Story of the Loaves and Fishes (Story Of...)

Bible for Me: 12 Favorite Stories

All About Jesus

All About Prayer

All About The Bible: If I had known I could have learned this entire history in only 24 pages (half of them pictures), I could have saved myself a ton of work in grad school!