I love to read almost as much as I love to write. Books are my constant companion, and I learn so much through them. I have found that the same holds true for children: They can learn so much through reading a book. Reading books about adoption is a great way for children to understand the difficult concepts involved in adoption in an age-appropriate and non-threatening manner.

My favorite book about adoption is Jamie Lee Curtis' Tell Me Again About the Night I was Born. My only complaint is that I cry every time I read it to my son because it captures everything that I ever wanted to tell him. The pictures appeal to young children, and the book explains everything that we went through the night that he was born. Even though we did not have to hop on a plane, we did jump into a car and drive six hours to meet our son. All of the little details are so true. The overall tone of the book is how much the parents love their child, which is the message I want my son to hear.

This book is a non-threatening way to explain adoption, and it is done in a way that my son "gets it." He does not even seem to think about it as an "adoption book." It is just a "cool book." My son's teacher read the book to his class last week, and my son said the whole class loved it. (I doubt it is a coincidence that she read the book soon after she found out about my son's adoption.)

This book is just one of many available to help children understand adoption. I am so grateful to the authors who use their talents to provide my child, and thousands of others, with a way to grasp such a difficult concept. I sometimes think that there are adults in my life who could benefit from reading them, too!

The only adoption-related book I wish I could find is one written for young children from the birthmother's perspective. Over the summer, my son struggled with worrying that his birthmother rejected him while I know this is not true. Because his birthmother is not in his life, I cannot have her tell him this directly. I was unable to find a book about how a birthmother chooses a different life for her child because she loves him so much. Most of the books I found were from the adoptive parents' perspective. Does anyone know of a good child's book written from the birthmother's perspective?

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