Rice and Beans

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Mom and Dad have blue eyes. Mine are black. We don't look much alike, but that doesn't matter to me! Adopted children may have different skin or hair color from parents or siblings. But there's a lot more to making a family than sharing red hair and freckles!

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Pages:

Intermediate (6 to 9)

Language:

English

ISBN:

978-1939656001

Red Chair Press

Wiley Blevins (Author), Mattia Cerato

Categories:

Daddy & Me, Educational, Embracing Diversity, Family & Friends, Growing Up, Mommy & Me, Self Esteem

Features:

Illustrations

Keywords:

adoption, family, love, identity, belonging, differences, understanding, home.

https://www.amazon.com/Beans-Family-Snaps-Wiley-Blevins/dp/1939656001

Mom and Dad have red hair I have black hair We dont look much alike but that doesnt matter to me Adopted children may have different skin or hair color from parents or siblings But theres a lot more to making a family than sharing red hair and freckles W i l e y B l e v i n s R i c e a n d B e a n s Written by Wiley Blevins Illustrated by Mattia Cerato Written by Wiley Blevins Illustrated by Mattia Cerato Please visit our website at wwwredchairpresscom Find a free catalog of all our highquality products for young readers Rice and Beans Publishers CatalogingInPublication Data Prepared by The Donohue Group Inc Blevins Wiley Rice and beans written by Wiley Blevins illustrated by Mattia Cerato p col ill cm Family snaps Summary A young girl adopted from China sees that her hair and skin color are different from that of her parents She finds however that theres much more to making a family than sharing red hair and freckles Interest age level Issued also as an ebook ISBN lib bindinghardcover ISBN pbk ISBN eBk Adopted childrenJuvenile fiction Individual differencesJuvenile fiction Identity Psychology Juvenile fiction FamiliesJuvenile fiction AdoptionFiction IdentityFiction Families Fiction I Cerato Mattia II Title PZ7B618652 Ri E Copyright Red Chair Press LLC All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced stored in an information or retrieval system or transmitted in any form by any means electronic mechanical including photocopying recording or otherwise without the prior written permission from the Publisher For permissions contact inforedchairpresscom First published by Red Chair Press LLC PO Box South Egremont MA Printed in the United States of America Mom said she dreamed of having a girl Dad said he wanted me more than turnips Thats his favorite food Ick My hair is black My eyes are black too My mom and dad have red hair And skin the color of vanilla ice cream I was born in a place far away A place where people say neehou instead of hello Now I eat brown beans and cornbread A place where they eat pork dumplings and rice Lots and lots of rice Lots and lots of cornbread Mom and Dad flew in a plane to get me Then we flew home together You cried all the way home said Dad Im older now I dont cry much When we go shopping people stare Why dont you look like your mom and dad asked a little girl I tell her Im adopted That means I have a birth mom and a forever mom My birth mom loved me But she couldnt take care of me She had to let me go My forever mom loves me too She says shell never let me go

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