Tell Me My Story: What Does Adopted Mean?

Tell Me My Story: What Does Adopted Mean?

What Does Adopted Mean captures the way a young child may begin to process their story.

Maree asks, “Did I grow in your tummy like that too?” Maree knew she had been adopted but sometimes forgot what that meant. Mama answers Maree’s questions and navigates a common behavior for kids processing big emotions, deflection.

These books are meant to be relatable to a young audience as they process all the different questions and emotions that come with adoption. This series is loosely based on the author’s own experiences as an adoptee through kinship care, a birthmother and an adoptive mother. The illustrator is the authors incredibly talented twelve year old daughter.