Adopted Ed Book Review. Holiday Gift Idea.

Because November is National adoption Month, I decided to take part in the One2One campaign featuring the book “Adopted Ed” by author Darren Maddern. This colorful book is written in rhyming text and walks us through a small boys life as he learns about and deals with having been adopted. His parents are very open with him about being adopted and he is happy about it until school bullies begin picking on him and calling him names. After talking to his mom about it, she shows him that being adopted it a true gift and he is overjoyed proclaiming:

I’m adopted, I’m special,” he proclaimed aloud. Then he said it again and grew very proud.

“Adopted Ed” teaches us that being different is a wonderful thing. It also touches on Bullying which is a huge issue right now in schools. It then shows us that it is ok and natural for adopted children to wonder where they came from and to long for answers. I was not adopted as a child but I was raised by a single mother, never knowing my biological father. Not knowing who you came from is hard for a child. Any child, adopted or otherwise. I think Darren, also adopted, has done a wonderful job with “Adopted Ed”. It is a short story that gets right to the point and would make a wonderful Holiday gift for a child who has been adopted and may have questions or concerns about the process.