Category Archives: Adoption

Donut Dreams: Family Recipe by Coco Simon

Posted on January 16, 2021 by kyurenka

      Donut Dreams: Family Recipe by Coco Simon, Published by Simon Spotlight, 9781534465404, 2020 Format: Hardcover, 156 pages Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 2 Genre:  Realistic Fiction What did you like about the book? Like the first books … Continue reading →

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Our Subway Baby: The True Story of How One Baby Found His Home by Peter Mercurio,  illustrated by Leo Espinosa

Posted on October 20, 2020 by kyurenka

    Our Subway Baby: The True Story of How One Baby Found His Home by Peter Mercurio, illustrated by Leo Espinosa, Dial Books, 9780525427544, 2020  Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5 Format: Hardcover picture book … Continue reading →

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When the Babies Came to Stay – story by Christine McDonnell ; pictures by Jeanette Bradley

Posted on April 11, 2020 by kyurenka

  When the Babies Came to Stay – story by Christine McDonnell ; pictures by Jeanette Bradley.  Viking, 2020. 9781984835451 Format: Hardcover Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 4 Genre:   Picture book What did you like about the book?  Four … Continue reading →

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What I Carry – Jennifer Longo

Posted on March 30, 2020 by kyurenka

 What I Carry – Jennifer Longo, Random House Books , 0553537725, 2020 Format: Hardcover Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review): 4 Genre:  Realistic fiction What did you like about the book? The book explores the experiences … Continue reading →

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Palimpsest: Documents from a Korean Adoption – Lisa Wool-Rim Sjoblom

Posted on December 19, 2019 by kyurenka

    Palimpsest: Documents from a Korean Adoption – Lisa Wool-Rim Sjoblom, Drawn & Quarterly, (9781770463301), 2019 Format:  Paperback Genre: Graphic Biography Rating: 1- 5 (5 is excellent or a Starred review) 3 What did you like about the book?  The … Continue reading →

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Remarkables – written by Lisa Mantchev, illustrated by David Litchfield

Posted on September 25, 2019 by kyurenka

   Remarkables – written by Lisa Mantchev, illustrated by David Litchfield, Simon & Schuster for Young Readers, 9781481497176, 2019  Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 2 Format: Hardcover picture book What did you like about the book? … Continue reading →

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A Crazy-Much Love by Joy Jordan-Lake, illustrated by Sonia Sánchez

Posted on September 16, 2019 by kyurenka

      A Crazy-Much Love by Joy Jordan-Lake, illustrated by Sonia Sánchez, Two Lions (an Amazon imprint), 9781542043267, 2019  Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5 Format: Hardcover picture book What did you like about the … Continue reading →

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