The White Swan Express: A Story About Adoption
by Elaine M. Aoki, Jean Davies Okimoto
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Author: Elaine M. Aoki, Jean Davies OkimotoIllustrator: Meilo So
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Format: Audiobook
Published: 2002-10-21
ISBN: 0618164537
Number of pages: 32
Publisher: Clarion Books
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Book Review: Inclusive adoption story excellent for kids
Summary: 5 Stars
This book tells the story of four North American couples/singles travelling to China to adopt four Chinese girls. This is a great way to explain to kids the process of adoption. It also captures the group experience that happens when adopting parents travel to another country, meet, and share the experience, often making friends.
The four adopting parent-groups include a single mom, a married couple that look of Asian descent and another married couple that look plus-size, and two women, one of whom appears African-American. The two women could be gay or best friends--it is not made clear and is subtle enough to go right over the head of any child. The book does not address China's adoption policies, nor does it make any judgements about Chinese culture, or why so many girls are available for adoption. I think it's better to be inclusive and not touch on international adoption politics. Personally I know more than one child with two mommies and in this modern day and age I see no problem with the book being inclusive. One of the couples is also Jewish.
The watercolors are absolutely beautiful, and paint China in colorful and rich detail. In a particularly nice touch one of the moms-to-be practices some Chinese phrases on the airplane on the way to China: "Wo shi ni de mama" which means "I am Mommy", and "Wo ai ni" which means "I love you." You get to learn more phrases when they are in China. Later on, when the parents send each other holiday cards, you get to see pictures of the adopted girls as bigger children, which is lovely, and you can see on the cards that their names are a given Western name followed by their born Chinese name as a middle name, which is a very common practice and is nice to see.
Overall an informative, gentle, and touching book. I recommend this highly to anyone adopting from China.
Summary of The White Swan Express: A Story About Adoption
In China, the moon shines on four baby girls, fast asleep in an orphanage. Far away in North America, the sun rises over four homes as the people who live there get ready to start a long, exciting journey. This lovely story of people who travel to China to be united with their daughters describes the adoption process step by step and the anxiety, suspense, and delight of becoming a family. Told with tenderness and humor, and enlivened by joyous illustrations, The White Swan Express will go straight to readers? hearts. Afterword.
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