Just Add One Chinese Sister: An Adoption Story
Illustrator
Karen A. Jerome
Publisher
Boyd Mills Press Inc.
Publication Year
2005
ISBN
9781563979897
Pages
32 pages
Genre
realism
Format
picture book
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
Claire and her mother are working together on a scrapbook as they relive their first days and hours together following Claire's arrival from her birth home in China.
Grade Level
K-3
Lexile Measure
AD520L
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Racial Diversity; Adoption; Interracial; adopted child; adoptive family; adoptive brother; international adoption; interracial family
Main Character
multiple
Race/Ethnicities
Chinese / White
Family Formation
adoptive mother and father
Awards
Parents' Choice Award, 2005, Recommended, Non Fiction
Children's Catalog, Nineteenth Edition, 2006
Keywords
brothers and sisters; Chinese American children; scrapbook; journal; meeting for the first time; dog; emotions
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
McMahon, Patricia and McCarthy, Conor Clarke, "Just Add One Chinese Sister: An Adoption Story" (2005). Diverse Families. 406.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/406