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- Willow by Denise Brennan Nelson and Rosemarie Brennan (possibly)
- You’re Not My Real Mother by Molly Friedrich
- We Adopted You, Benjamin Koo by Linda Walvoord Girard
- Best Best Colors / Los Mejores Colores by Eric Hoffman
- A Mother for Choco by Keiko Kasza
- Over the Moon by Karen Katz
- Kimchi and Calamari by Rose Kent (YA Fiction)
- I Don’t Have Your Eyes by Carrie A Kitze
- I Love You Like Crazy Cakes by Rose Lewis
- In Our Mother’s House by Patricia Polacco
- Families Are Different by Nina Pellegrini
- Daddy, Papa, and Me by Leslea Newman
- Felicia’s Favorite Story by Leslea Newman
- Mommy, Mama, and Me by Leslea Newman
- Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli (YA fiction)
- When the Black Girl Sings by Bil Wright (YA fiction) (Buy)
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“Off and Running” by Nicole Opper – Documentary
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Another great book for this list would be “Rosie’s Family: An Adoption Story” by Lori Rosove. Aimed for 5-year olds or so, it describes our family exactly – with a biological child and an adopted child of a different race. I love how it openly talks through the adoptee’s perspective and feelings.