The White Swan Express: A Story about AdoptionIn 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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User Review - villemezbrown - LibraryThingBanned Book Week 2017. This year I'm reading a few picture books that have been challenged for their content, this one due to its depiction of a same-sex couple adoption. I found this book to be ... Read full review
THE WHITE SWAN EXPRESS: A Story About Adoption
User Review - KirkusYoung readers will love this story of how four Chinese babies come to be welcomed into new families in North America. Especially powerful is the depiction of those who are traveling to China to get ... Read full review
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The White Swan Express: A Story about Adoption Jean Davies Okimoto,Elaine Mei Aoki Limited preview - 2002 |
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