Product Description

A children's picture story book on China Adoption from the birth mom's perspective. Written in the form of a letter birth mom explains to her daughter her love for her, why she could not raise her,the care she will receive at the children's home, her hopes for her adoption by a family from a foreign land and how to use the moon as a mirror to imagine each others faces in times of thinking of one another. Ages(4-8) Beautifully vivid illustrations that draw the child into the story.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1295885 in Books
• Published on: 2006-06
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 32 pages

Review
A wonderful story that can help parents of children adopted from China. Helping a child to understand how special they are and the love that was given for them to have a better life is sometimes difficult. This story may help with discussions regarding an adopted child. Many have questions regarding their birth parents, the country they were born in and the reasons for their adoption. This book is colorfully illustrated and a beautiful story, and we glady award our Dove "Family Approved" Seal to it. -- The Dove Foundation, Family Approved Media, Dove Worldview

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I want to tell readers of Mei Magazine about a book titled, "Letter Of Love From China". It is an easy book for most kids, but it has an important message. The book is written from a birth mother's point of view which I think is pretty unique. It tells the honest and complicated life story of many adoptees. The pictures are very nice, too. I think it is a good book because sometimes we might forget that birth mothers have difficult decisions and may feel sad about those decisions. One of my favorite parts is how the author describes China. It is a beautiful place! -- Sara,9,Oct./Nov.2007 Issue of Mei Magazine

Written from a birth mom's perspective, Letter Of Love From China by Bonnie Cuzzolino, paints a loving and respectful picture of a child's relinguishment in China. Through vivid and colorful illusration, combined with clear, simple language with appeal to all ages, Letter Of Love From China has a poignant yet uplifting message. So often parents struggle with positive ways to answer questions and communicate about why their child was abandoned in China. This book will help parents answer these questions and communicate the heartfelt and loving choice that a birth mom in China makes, and the cultural context behind this decision.It depicts the relinguishment for what it is, a selfless act of love. -- Beth Smith,MS Director of Services, China Program, Holt International

From the Publisher
2008 Silver Recipient of the Mom's Choice Award for the Best Children's Book in Family Life. A book that pulls at the heart strings!

From the Author
Use my book to open up discussions with your adopted child about other reasons they may have been relinguished, other family members who may have done the abandoning for birth family, how they may have born to a city family or a single mom. Their birth family may have hoped for a Chinese family to adopt them. Discuss the details you know about their story such as if they were in a children's home or with a foster mom, their abandonement site and care they received in China. Ask them what they think their birth mom might write in a letter to them if she could and what you think she might write. "Letter Of Love From China", assures the child of birth mom's love but is intended to give only one scenario of a relinguishment. We as parents can not give our children the exact circumstances of their birth families situation. We can only give them the possibilities. Give my book as a gift to any child to help them understand International Adoption. Understanding will help avoid uncomfortable questions adopted children may be asked by other children.

Customer Reviews

A Beautiful Resource for Adoptive Parents
When adopted children do not have access to a birthparent and the answers they are looking for, adoptive parents become the sole source of this information - and their child's perception of what it means to be placed for adoption. As a birthmother, with an agenda of spreading the word on the love that goes behind this decision, I was extremely pleased to receive a copy of Letters of Love from China by Bonnie Cuzzolino. In an effort to provide answers to her daughter, adopted from China, author Bonnie Cuzzolino brings us an endearing children's book written as through the voice of a birthmother who writes to answer her child's questions. Illustrator Jax Bennett brings the letter to life with beautiful pictures that share the birthmother's love of her child and her country. The book begins "To My Precious Daughter," and provides the story of the birthmother's thoughtful but difficult decision to place her child with another family through adoption. The love that drives this decision is undeniable. Then, the book goes on to tell the child a bit about the country they were born in, China. The descriptions and illustrations share the traditions and beauties of the country that anyone can appreciate. By following this format, the book not only lets the child know how much they are truly loved (by birth families and adoptive families), but shows a respect for their beginnings and the country where their life began. The book helps children to see their self-worth and be proud of ALL that makes them who they are. It is a beautiful resource for adoptive parents with children from China, and an inspiration for all adoptive parents on how to talk with their child about being adopted. I highly recommend Letters of Love from China, and commend author Bonnie Cuzzolino for her insight and love when creating this heartwarming book.
By Patricia Dischler, Author, "Because I Loved You: A Birthmother's View of Open Adoption."

Beautiful Book
The illustrations in this book are gorgeous and they go along well with the story. The characters all look so soft and sweet, the illustrator has an amazing talent and she deserves recognition! Way to go ladies!

Adopted children have questions. Parents do not always have the answers. Letter of Love From China is a love letter to a child
Adopted children have questions. Parents do not always have the answers. Letter of Love From China is a love letter to a child from her birth mother. It would be very difficult to give a child up for adoption. I can only imagine the pain. There are situations where it is for the best interest of the child. A birthmother that wants more for her child is to be commended, never ridiculed.
I have friends that have adopted children from China. I intend to give them a copy of this delightful book. Letter of Love from China shows children how special they are. This book opens discussion on birth parents, and the country of their birth. The illustrations are wonderfully done. Parents do not always have the answers. Letter of Love From China is a love letter to a child from her birth mother. It would be very difficult to give a child up for adoption. I can only imagine the pain. There are situations where it is for the best interest of the child. A birthmother that wants more for her child is to be commended, never ridiculed.
I have friends that have adopted children from China. I intend to give them a copy of this delightful book. Letter of Love from China shows children how special they are. This book opens discussion on birth parents, and the country of their birth. The illustrations are wonderfully done.