This story of a woman who travels to China to adopt a baby girl, based on the author's own experiences, is a celebration of the love and joy a baby brings into the home. Full color.

 

This book was recognised in the Picture Book category by the Booksellers' Choice Award. It was recognised in the Illustrated category by the Book Sense Book of the Year Award.

There are 32 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 2000 by Little, Brown & Company .

Rose Lewis has a masters degree in journalism from Northwestern University. An accomplished still photographer and an award-winning producer for WCVB-TV in Boston, she lives with her daughter in Massachusetts. Jane Dyer is the acclaimed illustrator of her own anthology, Animal Crackers, as well as the bestselling picture book I Love You Like Crazy Cakes by Rose Lewis. Jane Dyer lives in western Massachusetts and paints her extraordinary watercolors in a beautiful sun-drenched studio.