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New Book to help celebrate National Adoption Day

November 18, 2017 Claire Annette Noland 1 Comment

Today I’d like to share a special book for those of us who have chosen international adoption as a way to build our families: Babies Come From Airports by Erin Dealy (author) and Luciana Navarra Powell (illustrator) “Some babies come from the hospital, Some babies come from airports, but all babies come from love.” This […]

Filed Under: Adoption, Books, Celebrate, Family, Multicultural Children's Books Tagged With: adoption, Babies Come From Airports, Erin Dealy

Understanding Asperger’s Syndrome

September 12, 2016 Claire Annette Noland 7 Comments

Today I am linking up with the great bloggers who share  Diverse Children’s Books. The current theme is Diverse Books Featuring a Character with a Disability.  This is a subject which is close to my heart. What is Asperger’s Syndrome and how do you explain it to young children? As a teacher and a mom to […]

Filed Under: Adoption, Books Tagged With: #diverse kid lit, Armond Goes to a Party by Nancy Carlson and Armond Isaak, Asperger's syndrome, Asperger's Syndrome in children's books, Asperger's syndrome picture books, I Have Asperger's and Sometimes I feel, Understanding Sam and Asperger's syndrome

Celebrating a Miracle

December 31, 2015 Claire Annette Noland 15 Comments

Today as a year comes to a close and a new one begins, I am celebrating a miracle. Wasn’t it just yesterday that we gazed at a photo of a baby girl that we knew instantly was our daughter? Didn’t we just meet her at the Holt reception center in Seoul and bring her home? […]

Filed Under: Adoption, Books, Celebrate, Family, Uncategorized Tagged With: A Prayer for the children by Ina Hughes, Celebrate, Celebrate the Week, Prayer for a Child, Ruth Ayres Writes

K is for Korea another stop on the A to Z Read Your World Blog Challenge

April 13, 2015 Claire Annette Noland 7 Comments

The Korean Cinderella by Shirley Climo  (Author), Ruth Heller (Illustrator) picture book ages 4-9 Today a Field Trip Life is off to old Korea before it was divided into North and South. We have stacks of books set in Korea and I asked my daughter which one I should write about. She chose The Korean Cinderella saying it […]

Filed Under: Adoption, Books, Field Trips, Multicultural Children's Books, Places

E is for Ethiopia

April 6, 2015 Claire Annette Noland 8 Comments

On today’s A to Z April blog challenge, A Field Trip Life is visiting Ethiopia as part of my Kids Read the World Book Challenge. I am sorry this post is long but it involves issues that are dear to my heart. The picture book that I’d like to share today is one that touched […]

Filed Under: Adoption, Books, Field Trips, Multicultural Children's Books, Places Tagged With: A Thirst for Water, adoption literature, Children's books set in Ethiopia, Children's picture books about adoption, Christine Ieronemo, Ethiopia, Holt International Children's Services, Kid World Citizen, The Gimbichu Project

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