Our Wish for You
A Story About Open Adoption
Charlesbridge · Print & ebook · September 12, 2023
This moving picture book about open adoption shares all parents’ wish for a child’s life to be full of love and family.
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- Who it’s for
- An open-adoption picture book shaped by shared hopes for a child’s loving, happy life.
- Themes
- Open adoption, Love and family, Parents’ hopes for a child
- Genres
- Adoption Stories, LGBTQ+ Stories, New Baby Stories
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This moving picture book about open adoption shares all parents’ wish for a child’s life to be full of love and family. One birth mother is pregnant with a baby and wants to find parents to adopt the child. Eventually she finds two dads who will be just the right parents, because they, too, share her same wishes of love and happiness for the baby.
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Author Dano Moreno drew from his and his husband's experience with adopting their son to write a gentle, universal story about all the hopes, dreams, and wishes parents have for their children to live happy lives. Sweet and tender, Our Wish For You is the perfect gift for growing families, baby showers, or adoption day celebrations.
Shared Hopes
An open-adoption picture book shaped by shared hopes for a child’s loving, happy life.
Come here for
- A tender take on open adoption and family-making
- A thoughtful gift for growing families or adoption celebrations
Expect
- A gentle story grounded in the author’s adoption experience
- Warm attention to love, happiness, and family
Where it sits
| Adoption Stories | 96% |
|---|---|
| LGBTQ+ Stories | 67% |
| New Baby Stories | 52% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Adoption Stories
- New Baby Stories
- Alternative Family Stories
- Authors
- Dano Moreno
- Publisher
- Charlesbridge
- Published
- September 12, 2023
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Open adoption · Love and family · Parents’ hopes for a child
- Reading lane
- Adoption Stories