Adopting children has become a very common practice among all kinds of families. And although the circumstances surrounding the adoption are different for every child, there is a striking similarity in the kinds of questions and issues adopted children face.

It is really, really important for families to keep the lines of communication open with their adopted children from a young age. Whether you are an aunt to adopted nieces and nephews, or even considering adoption yourself, here are four touching children’s books that can make the difficult questions easier to answer.



Tell Me Again About The Night I Was Born
By Jamie Lee Curtis Illustrated by Laura Cornell
Tell Me Again About the Night I Was Born is an enormously popular adoption story about a little girl eager to hear about the earliest days of her life.  The adoptive parents provide reassurance to their daughter by sharing heartwarming details of the love they felt from the time they came together in the hospital and their first night home.



Over The Moon: An Adoption Tale
By Karen Katz
Accomplished children’s book author & illustrator Karen Katz incorporates her own experience in adoption a child from Guatemala.  This story is a really nice addition for families who have gone through the international adoption process and for children who have lived in foster care before being adopted.




I Love You Like Crazy Cakes
By Rose A. Lewis Illustrated by Jane Dyer
A mother’s love for her child is immeasurable, no matter how many miles separate them at birth.  In an emotional story about adopting a little girl from China, the author addresses the feelings of both the child and the mother.  It is particularly relevant for babies who were adopted from an orphanage.


We See The Moon
By Carrie A. Kitze
We See the Moon is an adoption story for older children starting to ask some of the more complex issues surrounding their adoption. Although the book is about a child adopted from China, it is appropriate for every type of adoption.  In a series of questions, including those that adoptive children are often afraid to ask, a child receives answers that are both difficult and reassuring to hear.