Synopses & Reviews
Many adult adoptees have gone through life wanting to ask questions about their birthparents, but felt the thoughts they have might make their parents uncomfortable. Then, these questions have remained unasked and unanswered. We See the Moon opens the adoption dialog at an early age by allowing the questions in your child's heart to be asked and discussed creating the foundation for conversations to come.
This is a story written from the child's perspective, asking the questions that dwell in their hearts about their birthparents...What do you look like? Where are you now? Do you think of me? It will help children use the moon as a private tool to connect with a family that is always with them in their hearts.
Illustrated with beautiful Chinese Peasant paintings, and filled with evocative prose, this is a must have for all internationally adopted children. A user guide has been developed by Jane Brown, MSW to help parents open the dialog of adoption issues with their children.
Review
"This book captures the essence where no answers exist. I wish there had been We see the Moon for me to read and reassure me when I was a young adoptee. I am grateful to have it now." Susan Soon-keum Cox, Korean adoptee, Vice President Holt International Children's Services
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"Powerful. We see the Moon asks the questions that every adoptee secretly wants answered. This book is a 'must have' for every adoptive parents' library and a perfect introduction for starting your child's lifebook." Beth O'Malley, M.Ed., adult adoptee, author of Lifebooks: Creating a Treasure for the Adopted Child
Review
"This lovely poetic book captures both the joy and the sadness of adoption in evocative prose and beautiful paintings. A must have for all China families and a helpful addition to children's adoption literature." Susan Caughman, Founder of Families with Children from China, Editorial Director of Adoptive Families Magazine
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"This book is a feast for the eyes and the heart. It is also insightful and wise-quite an extraordinary combination." Adam Pertman
Executive Director Evans B. Donaldson Adoption Institute, author of
Adoption Nation: How the Adoption Revolution is Transforming America
Synopsis
Opening the adoption dialogue at an early age, this picture book is told from a child's perspective and allows the questions in an adopted child's heart to be asked and discussed by creating the foundation for conversations to come.