Just Because I Was Adopted: A Story about Adoption and Forever Love, by P. Shioma (Tonbo Press, 2021, 36 pp, $9.99, ages 13-18)
What Adoption Means
The cutest illustrations ever, enhance this story about an adopted boy who learns just how special that makes him.
A Lovely Story with Lovely Illustrations
It's the first snowfall of the year and three friends decide to make their family's snowmen/women but the little girl tells our hero that his three 'sisters' are not his real family because he was adopted. Saddened, our hero wrecks his 'snowfamily.'
Dad comes out to shovel snow and notices the fallen family. Perhaps he doesn't know what to think at first. He asks each child in turn to tell about his or her snow family and when he gets to his own son. . . . the result is a lovely explanation that all three kids learn from.
What We Would Change
We think this book is for a younger set than the advertised 13-18 year old range, and because we know a girl named Suki, it took us a while to realize that the Suki in the book is a boy. Plus, the girl in pink knows what 'adopted' means (the definition) but a few pages later asks the dad what it means. And, a minor part - the words run into a dark object on one page, making it hard to make out the words.
Recommendation: an excellent book for families!
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