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My mom and sister keep saying “remember to leave stuff for other people to buy!!!!”

 Well, actually we haven’t bought a lot of anything – (but just wait until after our referral!  I hope to make a cross border visit to Target and go absolutely ape shopping:-) ) But in the meanwhile, here are some ideas of books compiled by my friend Lisa… for those of you that may want to be buying for your soon-to-be kids/grandkids/nieces and nephews.  (And no Mom, I haven’t bought any of these!)

TIP: You can buy great books for cheap prices at www.abebooks.com (Canadian) and www.bookcloseouts.com

Books for Children (some are adoption related)

Mother For Choco by Keiko Kasza
Over the Moon by Karen Katz
I Don’t Have Your Eyes by Carrie A. Kitze
Little Miss Spider by David Kirk
You’re Not My Real Mother! by Christy Hale
A Mama for Owen by Marion Dane Bauer
Three Names of Me by Mary Cummings
I Love You Like Crazy Cakes by Jane Dyer
My Family Is Forever by Nancy Carlson
The Mulberry Bird: An Adoption Story by Anne Braff Brodzinsky
We See the Moon by Carrie A. Kitze
Brown Like Me by Nicole Lamperti
The Skin You Live In by Michael Tyler
It’s Okay to be Different by Todd Parr
We’re Different, We’re the Same by Bobbi Kates

Books about Africa 

*All the kids books by Jane Kurtz
Cornrows by Camille Yarbrough
Rain by Manya Stojic
Doctor de Soto Goes to Africa by William Steig
Tree of Life: The World of the African Baobab by Barbara Bash
Africa by Random House Australia
Pop-Up: African Animal Giants by James Dietz
Hugo Hippo’s ABC Fun Book in Africa by Designs Jacaranda
My Rows and Piles of Coins by E. B. Lewis
African Animals ABC : An Alphabet Safari by Sarah L. Schuette
Water for One, Water Everyone by Stephen Swinburne
Exploring Africa by Hazel Mary Martell
One Child, One Seed : A South African Counting Book by Gisele Wulfsohn
Off to the Sweet Shores Africa by Uzo Unobagha
Nana’s Cold Days by Adwoa Badoe
Hands-On Africa: Art Activities for All Ages by Yvonne Merrill