Adopteca.

Born from the Heart
Berta Serrano, Il. Alfonso Serrano

Sterling Children Books
9781454911449
50 pp.
2013
11 $ aprox.
(en inglés)


Gracias a Alfonso por hacernos saber de vuestro libro. Esperamos que podamos tenerlo en español muy pronto. 
 

Entrevista a los autores aquí.  En castellano
Ver algunas páginas aquí
Presentación del libro aquí  En inglés

“Rose dreamed of her baby every night . . . She couldn't wait to share hugs and giggles.” Every child is born from the heart—whether or not the mother gave birth to that baby. This poetic and magical parable celebrates the richness of family as Rose and Charlie embark on the search for the child they so desperately want. As Rose's dream gets closer to coming true, her heart grows and grows . . . until it bursts with happiness, laughter, and wonder when she finally kisses the beautiful face of her new baby. First time author Berta Serrano and her brother Alfonso Serrano are the author-illustrator team behind this warm and quirky love letter for Berta's adopted son.

Orange Peel's Pocket
 Rose Lewis, Illustrated by Grace Zong,

Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
Hardcover
2010
ISBN-13: 978-0810983946
Age Range: 4 - 8 years English
32 pp.
11.25"x9"
17 $ aprox.
Aquí se pueden ver algunas páginas.


One day in class, Orange Peel—who got her nickname by eating orange peels when she was little—and her classmates learn about China. Everyone starts to ask Orange Peel questions about the country because they know that’s where she was born. But she doesn’t have all the answers. So Orange Peel joins her mother on her neighborhood errands to find out. Many of the shops they visit are owned by people who also were born in China. Each has a story to tell Orange Peel. She visits Mr. Fan the tailor, who speaks about silk; Ma Sang, who owns an antiques store and also writes poetry; Mrs. Liu at the flower shop; Mr. Yu, whose restaurant makes “best there ever was” noodle soup; and Jasmine at the ice cream shop. Orange Peel can’t wait to tell the kids at school about China’s influence on all of these things, but first she discovers a number of gifts that have been slipped into her pocket by the store owners: silk, a poem, a peony, a noodle soup recipe, and a lucky red knot. Orange Peel is overjoyed, as the treasures she’s found link her to the place where she was born. Rose Lewis’s text is a wonderful look into China’s influence on history and the modern world. Exciting new illustrator Grace Zong brings the story to life through her modern and thoughtful art. Ages 4-8.

Mama's Wish, Daughter's Wish
Debbie Blackington y Brynne Blackington

Publisher: Pebbleton Press (Sep 2004)
ISBN-10: 0976001101
ISBN-13: 978-0976001102
Product Dimensions: 28.4 x 21.3 x 1.3 cm
48 pp.
18 $ aprox.

Somewhere in the world there was a woman who wanted to be a mother but she didn't have a child to love...Somewhere in the world there was a child wishing for a family and to be taken home.

"Mama's Wish/Daughter's Wish" are two stories told by both the woman and the child of how their wishes take them on a miraculous journey, a journey of making their two stories into one.

With gentle illustrations and language a child can understand, "Mama's Wish" is a story for all ages that shows how much an adopted child is waited for and wanted. "Daughter's Wish", told by a 4 year old of her wait for a new family, tells how wonderful it is to be chosen.

A Chinese Proverb states that there is an invisible red thread that connects those destined to meet, regardless of time, place or circumstance. The thread may stretch or tangle, but never break. In "Mama's Wish/Daughter's Wish", the thread of love between mother and child weaves throughout the book with Chinese translation so their story can be shared around the world, for all families and those who wait.

The White Swan Express. A Story About Adoption
Jean Davies Okimoto, Elaine M. Aoki

Publisher: Clarion Books; None edition (Sep 23 2002)
Language: English
32 pp.
ISBN-10: 0618164537
ISBN-13: 978-0618164530
Product Dimensions: 26.3 x 1 x 25.7 cm
16.00 $ aprox.

In China, the moon shines on four baby girls, fast asleep in an orphanage. Far away in North America, the sun rises over four homes as the people who live there get ready to start a long, exciting journey. This lovely story of people who travel to China to be united with their daughters describes the adoption process step by step, including the anxiety, suspense, and delight of becoming a family. Told with tenderness and humor, and enlivened by joyous illustrations, The White Swan Express will go straight to readers' hearts.

Sweet Moon Baby: An Adoption Tale
Karen Henry Clark

English
24 pages
8.25"x10.35"
ISBN: 9780375857096
17.99 $ aprox.

This is the story of one baby’s journey from her birth parents in China, who dream of a better life for their daughter, to her adoptive parents on the other side of the world, who dream of the life they can give her. A turtle, a peacock, a monkey, a panda, and some fish shepherd the baby as she floats in a basket on a moonlit, winding river into the loving arms of her new parents.

Esta es la historia del viaje de un bebé desde sus padres biológicos en China, quienes sueñan con una vida mejor para su hija, hasta sus padres adoptivos en el otro lado del mundo, quienes sueñan con la vida que ellos podrán darle. Una tortuga, un pavo real, un mono, un panda y algún pez, guiarán al bebé flotando en una cesta a medianoche, cruzando ríos, hasta los brazos amorosos de sus padres.

You are special. You were chosen
(Tú eres especial. Tú fuiste elegido)
Joanna Ferlan, Mary Fox Prather

Publisher: Tate Publishing & Enterprises
2007
De 4 a 8 años
ISBN 13: 9781602472747
ISBN 10: 1602472742
32 pp.
10,40 € aprox.

Todos tenemos muchos regalos, pero algunos de ellos son especiales. Joanna aprendió a una edad temprana de su padre adoptivo lo especial que era, porque él le escribió una historia acerca de lo mucho que la amaba. Y ahora ella quiere compartir la increíble historia que él le cuenta, con los niños adoptivos de todo el mundo.
Ferlan y Prather nos enseñan en este poema atemporal, lo mucho que un hijo adoptivo es querido antes de, incluso, haber nacido.

Made in China: A Story of Adoption. Hecha en China: una historia de adopción.
Vanita Oelschlager, Il. Kristin Blackwood

Vanitabooks (2008)
de 4 a 8 años
30 pp.
ISBN-10: 0980016231
ISBN-13: 978-0980016239
11.1 x 8.6 x 0.4 pulgadas
14 $ aprox.

Review
Oelschlager presents a story that veers from the traditional stories about adoption. The rhyming text features a Chinese girl asking her older, blond sister to read the label on a broom she's using. Her sister reads, "made in China," then jeers at her sibling-"'It's just like you'/my big sister said, /'You're Made in China./It's stamped right on your head.'" The child seeks out their father to deny the truth of her sister's put-down, and his reply is reassuring and poetic as he tells her how much she is loved. This title addresses many themes: sibling rivalry, multiracial families, and facing taunts about ethnicity-even from a family member. It is heartening to read the emphatic reassurance offered to a daughter who has been wounded and is worried about being different. Although the older sibling is not explicitly reprimanded in the text, the pictures imply that reconciliation takes place. Blackwood has employed a blend of linoleum cuts outlined in black and computer coloring techniques to craft stunning illustrations. Ethnic features are realistic and enhance the simple text, depicting the birth mother as well as the adoptive family. The endpapers feature more than a dozen photos of Chinese adoptees of various ages. This title will be of special interest to families of Chinese adoptees, but could also serve as a springboard for discussing racial slurs and insensitivity for a much wider audience. -- Deborah Vose, Highlands Elementary School, Braintree, MA "School Library Journal"
Product Description
Made In China touches on two seemingly unrelated subjects - adoption and sibling relations. As told in this story. These are intertwined and very important to one young child who literally was "made in China." The story begins when the child is told by her older sister, in a teasing manner, that she is adopted from China, and "marked" just like the broom and their toys. Upset, she goes to her father who tells her the story of how she came to be their child but "you're not made like a toy, you were made in China to give us joy." And, he also reminds her that "you are much more than what people say about you." The story is resolved with her older sister and she is reassured that "In all the wide world we couldn't love you more."
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Lily
Keri Campbell, Il. Bonnie Lemaire

BookSurge Publishing (2009)
de 7 a 11 años
32 pp.
ISBN-10: 1439213240
ISBN-13: 978-1439213247
8.2 x 8.2 x 0.1 pulgadas
14 $ aprox.

Lily es la historia de una niña, adoptada de China cuando era bebé. El libro habla de la experiencia de adopción de Lily y la de su nueva familia, que viajan a China desde EE.UU. para adoptarla. Lily no sólo consigue una familia, sino que hereda un grupo de amigas muy especial, formado durante el proceso. Estas amigas serán sus hermanas de China; otros bebés adoptados al mismo tiempo que Lily, en el mismo orfanato. El hilo rojo de Lily está ligado a muchas personas, no sólo su nueva familia ...
Puedes seguir sus aventuras en una serie especial de libros. Las aventuras de Lily son una mezcla de su vida en América con su propio patrimonio y las tradiciones .... y de las de la tierra donde nació, China.
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Lily is the story of a young girl, adopted from China as a baby. The book tells about Lily's adoption experience and that of her new family, who travel to China all the way from America to adopt her. Lily not only gets a family of her very own, but inherits a group of very special friends in the process. These friends are referred to as her China sisters; other babies adopted at the same time as Lily, from the same orphanage. Lily's red thread is linked to many people, not just her new family... You can follow Lily's adventures in a special series of books. Lily's adventures are a mix of her life in American with it's own special traditions and heritage.... and that of her birth land, China.

Ten Days and Nine Nights: An Adoption Story. Diez días y nueve noches: una historia de adopción.
Yumi Heo

Schwartz & Wade
Año 2009
4-8 años
40 pp.
ISBN-10: 0375847189
ISBN-13: 978-0375847189
10.1 x 8.1 x 0.6 pulgadas
14 $ aprox.



“I mark a circle on the calendar. I have ten days and nine nights.” The opening of this adoption story shows a young Asian girl marking May 10 on a calendar. As she waits for her mom to return, she counts down each day by doing something that’s a clue: cutting a red paper heart, helping Grandpa redecorate her room, watching her dad buying new furniture, practicing holding a baby, and washing her old teddy bear. Then Grandma makes a little pink dress and Daddy closes his dry-cleaning store. Interspersed with the girl’s actions are wordless scenes of Mom signing papers and flying home with the new baby sister.
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How many days until a little girl’s adopted sibling is brought home?

Follow a little girl as she and her family prepare for the new baby that will soon be joining them. And simultaneously, watch the girl’s mother fly off to Korea, meet the new baby, and bring her home. Here is an utterly simple, sweet, and child-centric look at the adoption process through the eyes of a soon-to-be older sibling. From cutting a red paper heart and taping it above the new baby’s crib to telling her best friend about the adoption, the young narrator counts down every day and night with growing anticipation, marking them with a big X on her calendar. Unlike other adoption books which are aimed only at the adoptive child, Ten Days and Nine Nights is also perfect for older children who are about to become big sisters and brothers.
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"He marcado un círculo en el calendario. Tengo diez días y nueve noches". El inicio de esta historia de adopción, nos muestra una pequeña niña asiática, marcando el día 10 de mayo en el calendario. Mientras espera que su madre vuelva, va contando hacia atrás y realizando algo parecido a pequeñas pistas: cortando una corazón en un papel rojo, ayudando al abuelo a decorar su habitación, buscando con su padre nuevos muebles, practicando como coger un bebé, y lavando su osito de peluche. La abuela está haciendo un pequeño vestido rosa y papá cierra su tienda.
Mientras esto ocurre, se ve a mamá firmando papeles y cogiendo un avión para volver a casa con su nueva hermana.
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Star of the Week. La Estrella de la Semana
Darlene Friedman, Il. Roger Roth

Harper Collins ( 2009)
ISBN-10: 0061141364
ISBN-13: 978-0061141362
9.5 x 9.4 x 0.5 pulgadas
9-12 años
32 pp
en inglés
18 $ aprox.


It's Cassidy—Li's turn to be Star of the Week at school! So she's making brownies and collecting photos for her poster. She has pictures of all the important people in her life—with one big exception. Cassidy—Li, adopted from China when she was a baby, doesn't have a photo of her birthparents. But with a little help from her family, she comes up with the perfect way to include them!

Using their own family's story as a model, Darlene Friedman and Roger Roth celebrate the love of families everywhere through this straightforward and insightful book.
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It is Cassidy-Li’s turn to be her kindergarten class’ “star of the week,” so she begins her autobiographical poster with a photograph taken in China at the time of her adoption. Other snapshots introduce her American family, friends, and favorite activities; but Cassidy-Li ruefully realizes she does not have a photograph of her birth family: “I think about my birth parents a lot. Sometimes I miss them.” Her questions and longings go into a picture she draws for her poster. Realistic illustrations portray a contemporary family bearing a strong resemblance to that of the author, the illustrator, and their daughter in the book-flap photo. The pictures add character and a light touch to a story, which, while upbeat, deals forthrightly with the uncertainties of adoptees. Cassidy-Li’s thoughts and questions about her birth family will resonate with adopted children and serve as a springboard for discussion in homes and classrooms.
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¡Es el turno de que Cassidy-Li sea la estrella de la semana en la escuela!. Así que está haciendo brownies y recogiendo fotos para su poster. Tiene de todas las personas importantes en su vida -con una gran excepción. Cassidy-Li, fue adoptada en China, cuando ella era un bebé, y no tiene una fotos de sus padres biológicos (de nacimiento). Pero con un poco de ayuda de su familia, encuentra la manera perfecta de incluirlos!

Utilizando las historias de su propia familia como modelo, Darlene Friedman y Roger Roth celebran el amor de las familias de todo el mundo, a través de este sencillo y perspicaz libro.
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Es el turno de Cassidy-Li como estrella de la semana en su clase, por lo que comienza su autobiografía con el cartel de una fotografía tomada en China en el momento de su adopción. Otras instantáneas presentan a su familia, amigos y actividades favoritas , pero Cassidy-Li entristecida, se da cuenta de que no tiene una fotografía de su familia biológica: "Pienso mucho en mis padres biológicos y a veces los echo de menos". Sus preguntas y ansias se muestran en un dibujo que ella hace para el poster. Ilustraciones realistas retratan una familia contemporánea con un gran parecido con la de la autora, el ilustrador, y su hija en la foto de la solapa del libro. Las imágenes añaden carácter y ligero toque a una historia que, aunque optimista, muestra las incertidumbres de los adoptados. los pensamientos y preguntas de Cassidy-Li, acerca de su familia biológica, pueden ayudar a los niños adoptados y servirán como trampolín para el debate en los hogares y aulas.

We Belong Together: A Book About Adoption and Families
Todd Parr

Ages 4-8
32 pages
Little, Brown Young Readers; Library Binding edition (November 1, 2007)
ISBN-10: 0316016683
ISBN-13: 978-0316016681
15 € aprox.

Popular author-illustrator Parr illustrates the rewards of family ties in this heartfelt, supportive book geared toward adopted children and their parents. In each double-page spread, Parr completes the phrase "We belong together because . . ." with poignant explanations that touch upon basic, tangible needs ("You needed a home . . . and I had one to share") as well as emotional ones: "You needed someone to say 'I love you' . . . and we had love to give. Now we all have someone to kiss goodnight." As in Parr's The Family Book (2003), cheerful, friendly artwork, with thickly outlined forms and characters and a bold rainbow palette, inclusively depicts an array of children and families—including one with a single parent and one with two dads—and emphasizes the rewards of adoption for adults and children alike. Apart from the subtitle, the text never uses the word adoption nor refers to the adoption process, keeping the focus squarely on the universal joys of sharing hearth and heart. Rosenfeld, Shelle

Three names of me
Mary Cummings. Il. Lin Wang

Albert Whitman & Company; 1 edition (October 31, 2006)
ISBN-10: 0807579033
ISBN-13: 978-0807579039
Edad 4-8
40 pp.
11 $ aprox.


Ada tiene tres nombres. Wang Bin es como la llamaban en el orfanato de China. Ada es el nombre que le dieron sus padres americanos cuando los tres volvieron a casa. Pero hay un tercer nombre, un nombre que de niña, Ada sólo escuchó susurrar a su madre china. El nombre, desconocido pero muy valioso, está en algún lugar del corazón de Ada.

Del periódico del colegio
De 2 a 5 – dulce y sensible historia de una adopción internacional vista a través de los ojos de una niña china americana. Ada Lorane Bennet explica cómo llegó a tener varios nombres –el primero se lo puso su madre biológica y está escondido en su corazón, el otro se lo puso el orfanato y el tercer nombre se lo pusieron sus padres adoptantes. Los lectores pueden conocer la vida de Ada en América, sus gustos y una serie de aspectos nuevos sobre su tierra natal. Sin embargo, se enfatiza sobre su vida actual en los Estados Unidos y el amor que siente por sus padres adoptantes. Aparecen una serie de palabras chinas y se explican en el contexto de la historia. El libro acaba con una parte de recortes de Ada con fotos y pensamientos que revelan lo que es importante para ella – familia, amigos, mascotas y también cosas sobre China. El tema familia le interesará a muchos niños, pero los jóvenes adoptados se sentirán identificados con los sentimientos de Ada, tanto pasados como presentes. Sencillo, con textos líricos que revelan los pensamientos de Ada, sobre quién es y de dónde viene. La calidez y la simplicidad de la historia, además del mensaje positivo sobre adopción, llamará la atención de muchos lectores.

My adopted child, there's no one like you. Mi hijo adoptado, no hay nadie como tú.
Dr. Kevin Leman & Kevin Leman II

Revell (October 1, 2007)
ISBN-10: 0800718895
ISBN-13: 978-0800718893
Edad 4-8
32 pp.
11 € aprox.

Every child is special. And every child deserves to be recognized for what makes him or her unique. Now birth order guru, Dr. Kevin Leman, and his artist son, Kevin Leman II, offer parents the perfect way to tell their adopted child just how wonderful he or she is. A read-to-me children's picture book, My Adopted Child, There's No One Like You conveys love, acceptance, and a sense of individuality to adopted children. The combination of Dr. Kevin Leman's trademark humor and his talented son's artwork makes this book a wonderful gift.

My Adopted Child, There's No One Like You, creatively celebrates the adopted child. Adopted children need to know they are special, loved, and secure. Read this book with your adopted child to show him or her the never-ending reach of your love.

We Are Adopted (What do you know about?). Somos adotados (¿qué sabes sobre esto?)
Jennifer Moore-Mallinos Il. Marta Fabrega

Ages 4-8
Publisher: Barron's Educational Series (August 24, 2007)
ISBN-10: 0764137875
ISBN-13: 978-0764137877
36 pp.
7 $ aprox.


This story’s little girl is very excited because now she has a baby brother—an adopted baby brother! A few years earlier, she too had been adopted. Like the children in this story, adopted kids learn that their adoptive parents wanted them very much, and love them very dearly. Being adopted is being very special—and in the very best way!
WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT? books are stories that encourage children to explore their own feelings about situations that might puzzle them, and to ask questions about things they do not know. Additional advice to parents is included at the end of each story.

At Home in This World (En casa en este mundo)
Jean MacLeod
Il. Qin Su

Publisher: Emk Press
Pub. Date: October 2004
ISBN-13: 9780972624411
32pp
16 € aprox.

Every adoptee has a unique life history and story waiting to be told inhis or her own voice. "At Home in This World" captures the thoughts and emotions of a nine-year-old girl with honesty and eloquence as she reflects on her adoption from China. Author and adoption social worker Cindy Champnella reviews, ''Finally, the book I have been waiting for! At Home in This World needs to be on the bookshelf of everyone with an adopted child who seeks their own truth. Without sugar coating or undue sentiment, this story will touch the hearts and the sometimes empty places inside of many adoptees. After I read this book to my 7-year old, she clasped it to her and then placed it proudly in the spot where she keeps all her special treasures. That, in and of itself, is a remarkable endorsement of this powerful story.'' A must for every adoptive family’s bookshelf, At Home in This World encourages adoptees to explore and discuss their thoughts and feelings surrounding their own adoptions through the love and support of their family. Ages 6-9

The Red Thread
(el Hilo Rojo)
Grace Lin

Albert Whitman & Company
Año 2007
ISBN: 0807569224 , 978-0807569221
32 pág.
17 $ aprox.
4-8 años


A King and queen rule a beautiful and peaceful land. They should be full of joy and contentment, but they both feel a strange pain that worsens every day. A peddler's magic spectacles reveal a red thread pulling at each of their hearts. The king and queen know they must follow the thread, wherever it may lead.

Grace Lin's lovely adoption fairy tale is for all children, and the parents who would search the world to find them.
There is an ancient Chinese belief which states that when a child is born an invisible red threads connect that child's soul to all those people- present and in the future - who will play a part in that child's life. As each birthday passes, those threads shorten and tighten, bringing closer those people who are fated to be together. This story is not the tale of the legend, but a fairy tale inspired by the legend.

The Best Single Mom in the World. How I was adopted
(La mejor mamá soltera del mundo. Como fui adoptada)
Mary Zisk

Publisher: Albert Whitman
ISBN-13: 9780807506660
edad: 4-8
32 páginas
Año 2001
14.95 $

A mi mamá y a mi, nos gusta mucho la historia de como nos convertimos en una familia. Antes de que yo naciera, mi mamá vivía sola en su casa. Ella amaba su trabajo y a sus amigos, pero algo le faltaba. Yo! Ella quería cambiar su vida con un niño que necesitara una familia. Mi mamá viajó por el mundo, cruzando el oceano y sobre las montañas para encontrarme.

Junto con Te Quiero Niña Bonita, uno de los pocos que he encontrado sobre adopciones por parte de solteros. Tiene poco texto, así que se puede traducir y escribir el texto en español en la misma hoja. Los dibujos son muy bonitos. Diferentes.

Chinese Eyes
Marjorie Ann Waybill, Pauline Cutrell (Illustrator)

Herald Press
9780836192285
Años:de 4 a 8
32 pág.
Año 2002
16 $ aprox.

When Becky, a first-grader born in Korea, is called "Chinese Eyes" at school, she is hurt and confused. Returning home, Mom explains that her eyes, while different, are beautiful all the same - and that they work just as well as anyone else's eyes. A sensitively told and illustrated story about differences and dealing with hurtful remarks

Somewhere in china a mother remembers
Anita M. Andrew

Weight: 0.08kg
8.5"x5.5"
9 € aprox
2003

Somewhere in China A Mother Remembers will help both adoptive parent and child include in their own adoption odyssey an image of a birth mother in China who loved her child, protected her and gave her the chance for a better life. The mother in this story represents a composite portrait of the many women from many parts of China who have made the ultimate sacrifice for the children they love.

Lo he intentado traducir, pero todo todo no lo coordino, así que espero almas caritativas...
Gracias a ChunYan, tengo la traducción:
"En algún lugar de China, una madre no olvida, ayudará tanto a padres adoptivos como al propio hijo, al incluirlo en la odisea de su adopción, a partir de la imagen de una madre biológica en China que amó a su hijo, lo protegió y le dio la oportunidad de una vida mejor. La madre de esta historia representa el retrato del conjunto de todas las mujeres de todas las partes de China que han tenido que hacer este gran sacrificio por los hijos que amaban."

Adoption Stories for Young Children
Randall Hicks

8.95 $ aprox.




Sus vidas han ido por diferentes caminos, pero tienen una cosa en común, sus familias fueron creadas a través de la adopción. Historias de adopción para niños, explora las cosas que los asemejan.