Star of the Week
A Story of Love, Adoption, and Brownies With Sprinkles
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · June 2, 2009
The husband-and-wife team behind this book drew on their own adoptive daughter’s experience in creating this accessible, appealing story celebrating the love of families everywhere.
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- Who it’s for
- A gentle picture book about adoption, belonging, and the questions children carry as they grow.
- Themes
- Adoption, Birth family, Defining family
- Pacing
- Reflective
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The husband-and-wife team behind this book drew on their own adoptive daughter’s experience in creating this accessible, appealing story celebrating the love of families everywhere. When it’s Cassidy-Li’s turn to be Star of the Week at school, the spunky kindergartener gets to create a poster about herself. She has pictures of all the important people in her life—with one big exception.
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Cassidy-Li, adopted from China when she was a baby, doesn’t have a photo of her birth parents. But with a little help from her family, she finds a special way to include them. 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. This picture book gently explores what adoption means for growing children—the questions adopted children have don’t stop as they grow older. Any young reader who feels that their family structure is unusual will find a reflection of themselves in Cassidy-Li’s struggle to define her own family.
Making Room for Family
A gentle picture book about adoption, belonging, and the questions children carry as they grow.
Come here for
- A child’s thoughtful way of including birth parents
- A family story that makes room for different kinds of belonging
Expect
- Accessible, warm storytelling for young readers
- A natural opening for conversation at home or in class
Where it sits
| Adoption Stories | 99% |
|---|---|
| US: Asian American Stories | 72% |
| Diversity & Multicultural | 45% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Art & Architecture
- Family Stories
- Adoption Stories
- Stories About Divorce
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- New Baby Stories
- Sibling Stories
- Stepfamily Stories
- Girls & Young Women
- Authors
- Darlene Friedman
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- June 2, 2009
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Adoption · Birth family · Defining family
- Reading lane
- Art & Architecture