You Were Always in My Heart: A Shaoey & Dot Adoption Story
Illustrator
Jim Chapman
Publisher
Tommy Nelson
Publication Year
2013
ISBN
9781400322763
Pages
32 pages
Genre
animal fantasy
Format
picture book
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
An abandoned Chinese baby who has been befriended by a ladybug finds her way to an orphanage where she is eventually adopted by an American family.
Grade Level
K-3
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Racial Diversity; Adoption; Interracial; adopted baby; adoptive family; international adoption; interracial/transracial adoption; interracial family
Main Character
female ladybug
Race/Ethnicities
Chinese / White
Family Formation
adoptive mother and father
Keywords
ladybugs; stories in rhyme; China; friendship; baby; orphanage
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Chapman, Mary Beth and Chapman, Steven Curtis, "You Were Always in My Heart: A Shaoey & Dot Adoption Story" (2013). Diverse Families. 433.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/433