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 enlarge | Author: Todd Parr
Publisher: Little, Brown Young Readers
Category: Book
List Price: $15.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  21 reviews
Sales Rank: 27690
Media: Hardcover
Edition: Library Binding
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 32
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 10.1 x 10 x 0.4
ISBN: 0316016683
EAN: 9780316016681
ASIN: 0316016683
Publication Date: November 1, 2007
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 What about what my mother needed? May 21, 2008
2 out of 10 found this review helpful
How about the fact that my infertile adoptive mother needed a child, a girl specifically, to fulfill her dreams? Is that in this book?
The only reason I needed a home is because my single mother was not given any support to help care for me and society deemed her unfit.
The title along is enough to make me gag - what I needed was my natural mother - it is her and I that should have belonged together. I get so sick and tired of all these cutesy-make-light-of-adoption children's stories that are supposed to reinforce to the child why they should be happy about being adopted. To me it's brainwashing.
 Great book about adoption March 18, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is a wonderful book for small children. The pictures are a lot of fun and it has a very relevant message.
a mom March 12, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I was very disappointed with this book. A previous reviewer said it best. The book positions the adopted children as victims. Every page gives the impression that they needed something and we adoptive parents came to their rescue. I think it would make a child feel sad.
Courtesy of Kids @ Teens Read Too February 28, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Although WE BELONG TOGETHER is geared towards adoptive parents and their children, any family can benefit from reading the book, especially if done so together. Although I've read some negative reviews about the book, statements made that it gives the wrong message to adopted children, I don't think that's the case at all.
Both of my children have, at one time or another, asked why they were our kids and not someone elses. How is it that we became their parents, and not the parents of some other children? For younger children, who don't know all of the details of how becoming a parent works, this is a valid question.
My answer has always been the same as the one Todd Parr provides within the pages of the bright, bold, beautifully illustrated WE BELONG TOGETHER: because you needed love, and I had a lot to give.
This book, although it doesn't mention birth parents, makes the act of adoption a two-way street: both child and parent need something (love, learning, shelter, fun & laughter), and both have things to give in return (a hug & a kiss, knowledge, safety).
I think that this is a great book for adopted families, especially when read together. But all families will enjoy it, and the positive message of love and acceptance that it gives.
Reviewed by: Jennifer Wardrip, aka "The Genius"
adoption January 23, 2008
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
I was disappointed since we love his other books. This one wasnt our situation at all, i didnt like the message that the birth parents had nothing to give
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