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Just right family : an adoption story

by Lopez, Silvia, 1950-

Format: Print Book 2018
Availability: Available at 6 Libraries 6 of 6 copies

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CLP - East Liberty Children's Picture Books j FICTION Lopez
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CLP - Main Library First Floor Children's Department - Picture Books j FICTION Lopez
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CLP - Squirrel Hill Children's Picture Books j FICTION Lopez
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Jefferson Hills Public Library Easy Fiction E FIC LOP
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Monroeville Public Library Juvenile Picture Books J E LOPEZ
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Mt. Lebanon Public Library Children's Picture Books j Ea LOPEZ Silvia
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Summary

Winner, 2018 Gwen P. Reichert Gold Medal for Children's Literature, Florida Book Award

Meili, who is six years old and adopted from China, learns that her parents are going to adopt a baby from Haiti. She's not happy. Why do they need a new baby? Their family is just right as it is. As Meili learns more about her new sibling and the importance of being a big sister, will she realize that a new addition can be just right for their family too?

Published Reviews
Booklist Review: "Young Meili never tires of hearing her own special story in which Mama and Papa fly across the ocean to adopt her in China. Now her family is just right: Mama pushes her on the swings, she feeds the ducks with Papa, and they all read library books together. Then she learns that their forever family will soon grow with the addition of a new baby sister from Haiti. Meili is upset at first (wouldn't a puppy be better?) but quickly becomes smitten once her new sibling arrives, eager to tell Sophie her own special story. Lopez's succinct text approaches adoption from a young child's perspective, emphasizing several reassuring themes: a child needs a new home, parents envision their life with this child, and the new family is permanent. Chen's colorful, cartoon-style art effectively conveys Meili's various emotions; unfortunately, her mixed-race parents smile blandly throughout. Though lacking in adoption-process specifics, this succeeds as a new-sibling story and will be welcomed by interracial adoptive families.--Weisman, Kay Copyright 2018 Booklist"
From Booklist, Copyright (c) American Library Association. Used with permission.
Additional Information
Subjects Families -- Juvenile fiction.
Adoption -- Juvenile fiction.
Intercountry adoption -- Juvenile fiction.
Sisters -- Juvenile fiction.
Jealousy in children -- Juvenile fiction.
Family life -- Fiction.
Adoption -- Fiction.
Intercountry adoption -- Fiction.
Sisters -- Fiction.
Publisher Chicago, Illinois :Albert Whitman & Company,2018
Contributors Chen, Ziyue, illustrator.
Language English
Description 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm
ISBN 9780807540824
080754082X
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