| Over the Moon: An Adoption Tale |  | Author: Karen Katz
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
Category: Book
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Rating:  33 reviews
Sales Rank: 129,660
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Pages: 32
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 8 x 10 x 0.1
ISBN: 0805067078
EAN: 9780805067071
ASIN: 0805067078
Publication Date: July 2001
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Product Description
An affirming story about international adoption, based on the author's own experience with her daughter.
A magical, reassuring story of one adoptive family's beginnings, told in words and pictures that are just right for the youngest child.
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 Love this Book November 19, 2002
changshamom (Indianapolis, IN United States)
45 out of 45 found this review helpful
This is about the best book we have that deals with how we became a family - hands down! Our daughter was born in China as is our Number #2 daughter who we are expecting any day now. I found alot of the "classics" in the "how we became a family" to be not my cup of tea or piece of crazy cake, as it were."Over the Moon" approaches the "how you were born" subject so beautifully that we felt comfortable reading it to our 3 year old (over and over and over........) and would have felt comfortable reading it to her 2 years ago! A very gentle, happy, gorgeous book!
Wonderful Adoption Story December 27, 1999
elizabeth beller
35 out of 35 found this review helpful
Over the Moon is a vibrantly illustrated and beautifully written tale about international adoption. My five year old son asks for me to read it to him frequently. The author took care to use positive adoption language throughout the book, i.e. "You grew like a flower in another lady's tummy until you were born. But the lady wasn't able to take care of you, so Mommy and Daddy came to adopt you and bring you home." This is an appropriate reference to the adoption triad. The book describes a South American adoption but easily translates to our Korean adoption since we traveled to Korea to bring home our son. I also enjoyed the author's description of the extended family and community's enthusiasim over the arrival of this special baby. Over the Moon is a heart warming book your child will ask for again and again.
I love this book! April 24, 2002
30 out of 30 found this review helpful
As the mother of a 3-year old adopted from China, I've bought quite a few adoption-related children's books, and I like many of them. But this one I love! Although it's not directly tied to Chinese adoptions, the story is similar to ours (we're a 2-parent family; we adopted a baby; we traveled to get her). The illustrations are lovely and the story captures the happy anticipation we felt as we waited for our child. Most importantly, the author gave me words to use in explaining my daughter's birth to her: "You grew like a flower in another lady's tummy until you were born. The lady couldn't take care of you so Mommy and Daddy came to adopt you and bring you home." I just love those 2 sentences and feel grateful to have them. And my daughter asks me to read this book just about every day!
It bring tears of joy to my eyes June 3, 2000
20 out of 20 found this review helpful
We adopted a baby girl from Guatemala, and this story could have been written by us! Our daughter is only two, but she loves the bright colors...as for us we relive our wonderful experience of bringing her home every time we open it up!
My 3-year old's favorite adoption book! June 13, 2005
Adrienne E. Bashista (Pittsboro, NC)
20 out of 20 found this review helpful
Over the Moon is, by far, my son's favorite adoption book. He points to the baby in the picture and shouts "me!" every time we read it. We didn't adopt him from a tropical climate full of beautiful purple flowers, but he doesn't care. He knows we waited and wished for him like the parents in this book and we flew on a plane to get him. For a young child like him that's plenty with which to identify.
The message in this book is universal for all internationally adopted children: we couldn't wait to meet you and would have gone over the moon to get you!
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