Star of the Week: A Story of Love, Adoption, and Brownies with Sprinkles

The husband-and-wife team behind this book drew on their own adoptive daughter's experience in creating this accessible, appealing story celebrating the love of families everywhere.

When it's Cassidy-Li's turn to be Star of the Week at school, the spunky kindergartener gets to create a poster about herself. She has pictures of all the important people in her life--with one big exception. Cassidy-Li, adopted from China when she was a baby, doesn't have a photo of her birth parents. But with a little help from her family, she finds a special way to include them.

Cassidy-Li's thoughts and questions about her birth family will resonate with adopted children and serve as a springboard for discussion in homes and classrooms. This picture book gently explores what adoption means for growing children--the questions adopted children have don't stop as they grow older.

Any young reader who feels that their family structure is unusual will find a reflection of themselves in Cassidy-Li's struggle to define her own family.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 06/02/2009
ISBN: 9780061141362
Pages: 32
Weight: 0.78lbs
Size: 9.62h x 9.68w x 0.43d

Review Citations: Booklist 04/01/2009 pg. 44
Kirkus Review - Children 05/15/2009
School Library Journal 06/01/2009 pg. 86
Publishers Weekly 06/15/2009 pg. 49
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 09/01/2009
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2009 pg. 328 - Recommended, Satisfactory

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 131182 / Star of the Week: A Story of Love, Adoption, and Brownies with Sprinkles
Reading Level: 2.5 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 0.5