Every Year on Your Birthday
Illustrator
Jane Dyer
Publisher
Little Brown
Publication Year
2007
ISBN
9780316525527
Pages
32 pages
Genre
realism
Format
picture book
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
Each year on the birthday of her adopted Chinese daughter, a mother recalls the moments they have shared, from the first toy to the friends left behind in China.
Grade Level
PK-1
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Racial Diversity; Culture/Ethnicity; Adoption; Single parent; Interracial; Bicultural; adopted child; adoptive mother; interracial/transracial adoption; international adoption; single mother; interracial family; two cultures; bicultural child
Main Character
female child
Race/Ethnicities
Asian (Chinese) / White
Family Formation
adoptive single mother
Awards
National Association of Parenting Publications Awards (NAPPA), 2007, Honor Book, Babies and Toddlers
Booklist Book Review Stars, 2007
Keywords
festival; birthday; friends and family; China; celebration; puppy; journey
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Lewis, Rose A., "Every Year on Your Birthday" (2007). Diverse Families. 685.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/685