Adoption Stories

All adoption stories are unique, yet one theme runs through each story. Every child who finds their family through adoption wants, needs, and deserves to have his or her early birth history redeemed. 

 I have been privileged to have recently read a children's book about adoption that does exactly that. 

Born From the Heart is a children's story book written by author Berta Serrano, a mom through adoption. Not only does the text tickle the heart, but the whimsical illustrations by Alfonso Serrano help pull the reader in to the happy fairy story of their family.The story helps to explain the beauty of adoption in a very age appropriate way. Little Man was especially delighted with the ending (I didn't tell him what the book was about before I read it to him.) 

Watch this short video for more information about the author's story, then get this book! 

You won't be disappointed. 

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Book Review!

I recently had the chance to preview the book Bosley Goes to the Beach (English to Spanish) by Timothy Johnson. The book has attractive illustrations (always important to me), is written in a bedtime story format, and has a good message.

My nine year old niece enjoyed the book, and felt that she could really start to learn some Spanish if she were to study the text. There were Spanish labels for several objects/people throughout the story, as well as text in both English and Spanish.

One thing that could be tricky is if the parent reading the book did not already have some experience speaking Spanish. (Words could definitely be mispronounced). This is just a basic, beginners intro to Spanish geared towards kids.

That being said, I would recommend the book for parents who feel comfortable with the Spanish language but may need a refresher to teach their children (ie they took it in college or high school, and know general pronunciation rules for Spanish). 

Mr. Johnson also has books in the Bosley series to help learn German, Italian, Russian, Mandarin Chinese, and French. I would love if there was a Bosley book with English to Amharic or English to Creole (hint hint).

Interested? Click on the link below to check it out on Amazon!

Bosley Goes to the Beach (English-Spanish)

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