Just Add One Chinese Sister An Adoption Story |
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| Author:
| McMahon, Patricia |
| Illustrator:
| Jerome, Karen |
| ISBN: | 978-1-56397-989-7 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2005 |
| Publisher: | Highlights Press, c/o Highlights for Children, Inc.
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $29.99 |
Book Description:
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Claire and her mother are working together on a scrapbook as they relive their first days and hours together following Claire's arrival from her birth home in China. Claire's big brother, Conor, had kept a journal as he anticipated the day his new sister would arrive, and these entries also become part of their book of memories. They remember how, at first, Claire was scared of her new parents and brother, who all spoke a different language than she was used to hearing. But these...
More DescriptionClaire and her mother are working together on a scrapbook as they relive their first days and hours together following Claire's arrival from her birth home in China. Claire's big brother, Conor, had kept a journal as he anticipated the day his new sister would arrive, and these entries also become part of their book of memories. They remember how, at first, Claire was scared of her new parents and brother, who all spoke a different language than she was used to hearing. But these foreignersloved the adopted Claire, and little by little, they shared experience that brought them together and made them into a family.