(Part 2) Best adoption books for children according to redditors

Maybe Rewind? Sounds pretty likely.

We've used this book:
https://www.amazon.com/Mother-Choco-Paperstar-Keiko-Kasza/dp/0698113640

and this book:
https://www.amazon.com/Tell-Again-About-Night-Born/dp/0064435814/ref=pd_sbs_14_t_1?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=KXWRZ8XANMAVDAPZYHRJ

and this book:
https://www.amazon.com/Wished-You-Adoption-Marianne-Richmond/dp/1934082066/ref=pd_bxgy_14_img_3?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=1934082066&pd_rd_r=VQQX0YJDRY9ZENP34DA7&pd_rd_w=bupmJ&pd_rd_wg=FbnwR&psc=1&refRID=VQQX0YJDRY9ZENP34DA7

and this book:
https://www.amazon.com/Day-Met-Aladdin-Picture-Books/dp/0689809646/ref=pd_sim_14_13?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0689809646&pd_rd_r=F1RS4C5VVNAKP65QV8JR&pd_rd_w=CdcFC&pd_rd_wg=DGunr&psc=1&refRID=F1RS4C5VVNAKP65QV8JR

and we've had a lot of talks about her birth family and how sometimes someone loves you so much that they send you to a family who can protect you and keep you safe.

Kids read your anxiety as much as they hear your words. I know it's hard, but it's important to tell yourself that even though she is having these feelings, you have the rest of your lives to get it right, and she's not going anywhere. Calm yourself as much as you can, smile and tell her you love her.

Do you lie down with her at night at bedtime? One of use does this every night, and we always answer any questions she has as she's falling asleep, and we remind her that we love her, that she is special, that she is safe with us, and that we will be here for her forever.

Every night.

Good luck.

Betsy and Tacy - that would be a good series for her - it's set at the turn of the 20th century, and follows two best friends as they grow up (in many successive books). The plot is 6-year-old appropriate, but it's got somewhat challenging language. This would be on the lighter side of my suggestions, I think.

Little Women, A Little Princess, the Secret Garden, and Black Beauty are all good choices, and pretty standard, well written, and thoughtful.

Or how about fantasy classics like Peter Pan (my all-time favourite book) and the Wizard of Oz?

And I second the vote for the Redwall series - it's some excellent fiction with animals as the characters - gets a little intense but if she's reading about WWII, she can definitely handle it.

I keep having flashes of my own childhood (which was pretty similar). My grandma gave me A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (set in the Great Depression, which really interested me as a child) and Ballet Shoes is also a good, early 1900s story about three girls adopted by an archaeologist and raised by his assistant, who all get into ballet and theatre. It's girly, but challenging.

EDIT - scrap all my other suggestions, I just remembered a book I was completely enamoured with as a kid. Mandy by Julie Edwards (Julie Andrews, as we know her). It's about an orphan who discovers a little cottage down the road and starts to fix it up. The plot is very tame, but definitely exciting and interesting. The cover on that Amazon link makes it look a lot more childish than it is.

And if she's into funny at all, she should try the authors Beverly Cleary and Judy Blume.

Reading two books at the moment, one audio and one aloud.

How to Save a Life by Sara Zarr is the book my wife is reading to me. The main characters are odd and hard to like, and it alternates between them each chapter, but it makes for a compelling story.

The Raven Boys by Maggie Steifvater is what we are listening to together as an audiobook, and woooo boy. It's very gothic and creepy, and I'm loving it. All of the characters have been enjoyable so far, it's almost as if Poe or Shelley decided to write YA. I'm hooked, and my wife is enjoying the fact that she just finished The Raven King, so she knows what I have in store for me.

I would start with the idea that families are all different - there are many different ways to be a family. Todd Parr's The Family Book or Families, Families, Families! are both fun ways to introduce diverse family structures that would be appropriate for a 4yo. Both include families with children who look different from their parents, which could be a good way to bring up your friends' family. There are also some good picture books that focus on interracial adoption specifically, such as All Bears Need Love, Horace, A Mother for Choco, Over the Moon, and The Red Thread.

[This] (http://www.amazon.com/The-Family-Book-Todd-Parr/dp/0316738964/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pd_nS_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=2YFT1UP19UC6T&coliid=I16H4PM5E57H6V) would be awesome for Babybear! (Used is perfect.)

Thanks so much! Your mom sounds like a cool lady <3

Lavender-Green Magic...The Emerald Atlas...A Wrinkle in Time...Underland Chronicles...The Land of Stories series

Train to Somewhere by Eve Bunting?

The Monument for older kids, the main character has a leg brace.
Harry & Willy & Carrothead about a child missing his left hand.

I haven't read these myself, just looked at a reading list I had. You may want to review these before you buy them. I've noticed that a lot "disability" books are written to explain things to children without disabilities and focus too much on the disability in a "very special" way. YMMV.

Good luck!