

Each page, suffused with brilliant colors, reassures the adoptee, in various ways, that he or she was wanted and needed. Feelgood of children’s books and television, brings his optimistic, sunny attitude to this latest offering. Every family is different, so feel free to change the pronouns in this text to fit your family.Parr, the Dr. Even though the illustrations are basically stick figures, the illustrator still made an effort to make the people in the story different colors and with different hair types! I think it was a good touch to include so that it can educate students that people from around the world, including different races, all get adopted! Children are exposed to what a family is thinking about when wanting to adopt a child! This book explains in a simple way all of the adventures the child and their new adopted family are going to go on! I LOVE how the author put at the beginning, "This book is to be read with someone you love. The illustrations are simple, but each page is filled with bright colors! The illustrations are more like stick figures, but I think it is a good idea to have a simple book like this because the children who are very young and have recently been adopted, this is a great book to ease in the idea of what adoption is and how the process is taken! The language of this book is very short and easy for kids to understand. The text in this children's book is very simple. This is a very kid-friendly book that explains to children what adoption is. His corporate collaborations include Best Buy, Stouffer’s, and the San Francisco–Marin Food Bank, among others.Ī native of Wyoming, Parr currently lives in Berkeley, California. He is a frequent reader and fundraiser for The Ronald McDonald House and serves on the board of directors for the Virginia Children’s Book Festival. Parr devotes time to numerous philanthropic causes supporting pet adoption, children’s hunger, health, and literacy. Several short films for Sesame Street have also been based on Parr’s work. He also is the co-creator of the popular three-time Daytime Emmy©-nominated animated TV series, "ToddWorld" with Gerry Renert of SupperTime Entertainment. His books have received numerous awards and are available in nearly twenty languages. He has inspired and empowered children around the world with simple, hopeful, and powerful messages such as “be kind”, “love yourself” and “be who you are,” all set with vibrant images in eye-catching primary colors.

Todd Parr is a three-time New York Times-bestselling author and illustrator of more than fifty books for children.
