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In November, we celebrate National Adoption Month.  Why not put together a display of books featuring the themes of adoption and family love?  Here are a few titles to get you started…

The Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown

Sweet Moon Baby by Karen Henry Clark

Tell Me Again About the Night I Was Born by Jamie Lee Curtis

A Mother for Choco by Keiko Kasza

Mover the Moon: An Adoption Tale by Karen Katz

Horace by Holly Keller

Bringing Asha Home by Uma Krishnaswami

I Love You Like Crazy Cakes by Rose A. Lewis

The Red Thread: An Adoption Fairy Tale by Grace Lin

Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney

Journey Home by Lawrence McKay, Jr.

The Family Book by Todd Parr

We Belong Together: A Book About Adoption and Families by Todd Parr

On the Night You Were Born by Nancy Tillman

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Amanda Moss Struckmeyer is the Head of Youth Services at the Middleton Public Library in Middleton, Wisconsin, where she has developed an ever-evolving buffet of programs for tweens. Amanda is serves on the committee, Library Services to Special Populations and Their Caregivers.