The arrival of a new baby brother or sister is a momentous occassion in the life of a family.
Bringing Asha Home
by Uma Krishnaswami, illustrations by Jamel Akib. Lee&Low, 2006.
Bringing Asha Home by Uma Krishnaswami, illustrations by Jamel Akib. Lee&Low, 2006.Uma Krishnaswami follows a family through the process of adopting a child from India as seen through the eyes of the seven year old, Arun. He wants his new sister, Asha to join their family as soon as possible. Arun is frustrated by delays from paperwork and government forms. Her room is ready and the family shares photos of the baby on her birthday which they celebrate from afar.
When Arun's father is finally allowed to fly to India to bring Asha home, he takes along a special paper airplane from Arun. When the family unites at the airport, Asha is wearing a rakhi which is a bracelet worn on the holiday of Rakhi which celebrates the special bonds between brothers and sisters.
Ten days and nine nights
: an adoption story by Yumi Heo. Schwartz&Wade, 2009The big sister-to-be says goodbye to her mother at the airport and counts down the days until her mother returns with her new baby sister. She helps her grandfather redecorate the baby's room, her grandmother sews a pink dress that matches hers, she scrubs her teddy bear to place in the new crib that her daddy puts together. As she marks the days, we see what her mother is doing in Korea, meeting officials, visiting the children's home, holding the new baby, and then, traveling on the
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