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The Chosen With Love Series

Why Am I Adopted?

A Gentle Adoption Story About Big Questions and Belonging

Ages 3 to 7AdoptionBelongingFoster & Kinship

Some questions are big. “Why am I adopted?” is one of them. Soba the little penguin carries that question, and the ones underneath it: did I do something wrong? Can I still wonder about my first family? With Mama and Papa beside her, Soba learns that her adoption was never her fault, that she never has to choose between the family she was born into and the family she belongs to, and that being adopted is one part of her story, never the whole of it.

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A note for grown-ups

Children who are adopted often carry big questions, and those questions can arrive quietly, and more than once. This is a gentle, honest story for adoptive, foster, and kinship families, and for anyone helping a little one understand where they belong. Soba's journey gives children the words for feelings that are hard to say, and gives grown-ups a warm way to open the conversation, that being adopted is one part of a child's story, never the whole of it, and that they are loved through every question and every feeling.

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