Happy Adoption Day!
Illustrator
Julie Paschkist
Publisher
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Publication Year
2001
ISBN
9780316603232
Pages
32 pages
Genre
realism
Format
picture book
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
Parents celebrate the day on which they adopted their child and continue to reassure the new addition to their family that they are wanted, loved, and very special.
Grade Level
K-3
Lexile Measure
350L
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Interracial ; Adoption; Interracial; adopted child; adoptive parents; interracial/transracial adoption; international adoption; interracial family
Main Character
adult male; adult female
Race/Ethnicities
Asian / White
Family Formation
adoptive mother and father
Awards
Adventuring with Books: A Booklist for PreK-Grade 6, 12th Edition, 1999
Keywords
family life; children's song; plane; travel; preparation; rhyming; special day
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
McCutcheon, John, "Happy Adoption Day!" (2001). Diverse Families. 500.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/500