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Publisher
Virgil Films and Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
A documentary film that follows three children from Russia and the family that adopted them. The reality of bonding with adopted children who have grown up in institutions turns out to be more difficult than the Diaz family had ever imagined. They hire two of the world's best developmental psychologists to help them rebuild their family - through science.
Author
Publisher
Center Point Publishing
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Marika Meeks fell in love with Stella the moment she saw her. The adorable pit bull puppy had been abandoned in a cold field in winter -- but her warm, friendly eyes and boundless affection could melt anyone's heart. Even so, Marika wasn't sure she was ready to adopt a dog. As a busy entrepreneur, wife, and mother of two daughters, Marika's life was crazy already. She was recovering from stage 3 breast cancer, and her family was still reeling from...
91) The grumpy pets
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Billy is a grumpy boy who's not like the other kids. His mother takes him and his sister, Sara, to the animal shelter one Saturday in hope of cheering him up. But the pets he sees are too happy for his taste. Then he finds the grumpy pets..."--
Author
Publisher
Albert Whitman
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
A girl adopted from China explains that her three names--one her birth mother whispered in her ear, one the babysitters at her orphanage called her, and one her American parents gave her--are each an important part of who she is. Includes scrapbooking ideas for other girls adopted from China.
93) Family matters
Publisher
Western New York Broadcasting Association
Pub. Date
c2006.
Language
English
Description
Brings great books to life onscreen through rich illustrations and live shows. Watch kids make quilts and see a montage of family photos ; Visit the Balducci family ; Episode 2: learn about a variety of ways families are created ; Meet families created through adoption.
The patchwork quilt: Tells how Tanya learns that a quilt can tell a life story. The making of the quilt brings her whole family closer.
Through moon and stars and night skies: A...
94) Families grow
Author
Publisher
Rise x Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Rhyming text shows an appreciation of the joy and excitement of the different ways a family can grow.
96) Innocent blood
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
At 18, Philippa Palfrey, the confident adopted daughter of a celebrated academic, exercises her right to learn the names of her real parents. What she discovers is a terrible secret that will change her life forever.
Publisher
Virgil Films & Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"Masha, an eleven-year-old Russian girl, learns to love her adoptive American family through a scientific intervention from Professor Emeritus Dr. Robert Marvin, who has spent a lifetime developing a program to help children learn to love" --Container
Author
Publisher
HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
c2007.
Language
English
Description
Adopted from Korea by Italian parents, fourteen-year-old Joseph Calderaro begins to make important self-discoveries about race and family after his social studies teacher assigns an essay on cultural heritage and tracing the past.
100) Parenting your internationally adopted child: from your first hours together through the teen years
Author
Publisher
Harvard Common Press
Pub. Date
c2008.
Language
English
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