Adoption

Crutcher, Chris. Whale talk / Chris Crutcher. New York : Greenwillow Books, c2001. Ages 12+.

An adopted, multiracial Japanese American starts a swim team for the school outcasts.

Czech, Jan. An American face / by Jan M. Czech ; illustrated by Frances Clancy. Washington , DC : Child & Family Press, c2000. Ages 4-7.

A Korean boy, adopted by white parents thinks he will get a new face to match theirs when he becomes an American citizen. Custom borders around the illustration and text emphasize elements of the scene.

Czech, Jan. The coffee can kid / written by Jan M. Czech ; illustrated by Maurie J. Manning. Washington, DC : Child & Family Press, c2002. Ages 2-6.

A Korean American girl asks her adoptive dad to retell the story of her birth mother. Illustrations are dreamy and idealistic.

Lewis, Rose A. I love you like crazy cakes / written by Rose Lewis ; illustrated by Jane Dyer. Boston : Little, Brown, c2000. Ages 4-8.

A single woman goes to China to adopt her new daughter. Illustrations are highly patterned watercolors emphasizing a mother's love.

Say, Allen. Allison / Allen Say. Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1997. Ages 4-8.

Allison deals with looking different than her adoptive parents. Illustrations are classic Say.