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Chosen With Love Series

Counting Down to Adoption Day

A Sweet Story About Family, Belonging, and Being Loved Forever

Ages 3 to 7AdoptionFamily TraditionsNew Release

It's Lily's favorite week of the whole year. Not her birthday week. Her Adoption Week! Seven days of family traditions lead up to the happiest celebration of all, and as the days tick down, Lily discovers what Adoption Day is really about: the day her family found each other.

“We'll love you until the stars stop shining.”

from Counting Down to Adoption Day

A peek inside

A little of the story, before you read it together.

Lily and her parents laughing together during their family photo
Lily baking her Adoption Day cake with Mama Bear

Lily's Adoption Week, one special moment at a time.

  1. Seven days to goFinding the perfect party dress
  2. Six days to goPlanting this year's Adoption Day tree
  3. Five days to goA family photo (giggles included)
  4. Four days to goBaking the Adoption Day cake
  5. Three days to goLetters for the memory box
  6. Two days to goA quiet pancake breakfast, just the three of them
  7. The big dayAdoption Day!

For grown-ups

Lily first appeared in Chosen With Love, and here she celebrates the day she joined her family. The story is full of joy, but it also makes gentle room for every part of a child's story: tucked into Lily's memory box, alongside her parents' letters, is a letter from her first Mama, far away.

Some families call this day Adoption Day, some call it Family Day or Homecoming Day. Whatever your family calls it, this story is for you. Read it in the week before your own celebration, and maybe borrow a tradition or two.

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