Title: Not nearly as simple as that!
Review: I am an adoptive mother, I have done quite a bit of research about adoption, and I have written my Master's thesis about adoption and its perspectives in children's literature. This book oversimplifies the subject and leads children to believe that an adopted baby understands the journey she begins when she meets her forever family. The text is nothing like what a six year old (the supposed age of the character narrator) would use. The pictures are over simple in some parts to look as if a child has drawn and colored them, and in other parts they are something like a bizarre cross between a photo and a sketch. They are not likely to draw a young child in or hold their interest.It is impossible that this character, Rain, would have had all of the thoughts and feelings she tells her young readers she had. Many, many other adoption books are out there for children. Do not spend your money and time on one that paints an over-simplified story. It's NOT as simple as that.
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