This charming illustrated book encourages adoptive families -- children and adults alike -- to embrace their super-powerful stories and see themselves as the inspiring heroes they are! Young readers will relate to Super Alec, an energetic little boy who summons all his might to prepare his home for the long-awaited arrival of his equally super baby sister.

Beneath the streets of New York City live the Avicen, an ancient race of people with feathers for hair and magic running through their veins. Age-old enchantments keep them hidden from humans. All but one. Echo is a runaway pickpocket who survives by selling stolen treasures on the black market, and the Avicen are the only family she's ever known. Echo is clever and daring, and at times she can be brash, but above all else she's fiercely loyal. So...

Desert guide Issa finds the baby girl Mariama after a sandstorm, and raises her as his own daughter--until a young man and his protectors come seeking a guide for their dangerous journey through the Bitter Mountains.

When Ellen is away visiting friends for summer vacation her ailing mother suddenly passes away, throwing her life into turmoil and prompting her to finally seek out her birth mother.

"Bentley is a ten-year-old orphan haunted by a tall shadow. All he wants is a home and to feel safe. but when his sister runs away leaving nothing but a mysterious old map, he must learn to fight his doubts and trust that everything will be all right. Will Bentley be adopted? Will he find his sister? Will the tall shadow ever leave him alone? Come along on this charming adventure to find out"--Page 4 of cover.

"When Marilla Cuthbert and her brother, Matthew, decide to adopt a child from a distant orphanage, they don't get quite what they bargained for. The child who awaits them at the tiny Bright River train station is not the strapping young boy they'd imagined--someone to help Matthew work the fields of their small farm--but rather a freckle-faced, redheaded girl named Anne (with an e, if you please). Matthew and Marilla may not be sure about Anne, but...

Fifth-grader Cleo Edison Oliver is full of money-making ideas, and her fifth-grade Passion Project is no different--but things get more complicated when she has to keep her business running, be a good listener when her best friend needs her, and deal with the bully teasing her about being adopted at the same time.

Who belongs and who doesn't? Do members of the same family all look the same? This wordless picture book plays with our assumptions about family. Is the little girl making food an uninvited guest, taking advantage of the bear family's open door? Or is she someone else entirely?

An inspiring story of identity and self-esteem from celebrated athlete and activist Colin Kaepernick. When Colin Kaepernick was five years old, he was given a simple school assignment: draw a picture of yourself and your family. What young Colin does next with his brown crayon changes his whole world and worldview, providing a valuable lesson on embracing and celebrating his Black identity through the power of radical self-love and knowing your inherent...