This adaptation of McCutcheon's song commemorates the day when a child joins an adoptive family. Complete with musical notation, these verses reassure adopted children they are special. Full-color illustrations.
John McCutcheon is an American folk music singer and multi-instrumentalist who has produced thirty-four albums since the 1970s. He is regarded as a master of the hammered dulcimer, and is also proficient on many other instruments including guitar, banjo, mountain dulcimer, fiddle, and jawharp.
Julie Paschkis is a painter, textile designer, and award winning illustrator of books for children.
Night Garden: Poems from the World of Dreamsby Janet Wong was a 2000
New York TimesBest Illustrated Book.
Yellow Elephantby Julie Larios received a 2006 Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Award Book. Many of her books have been named to Best Books of the Year lists including
Glass Slipper, Golden Sandalby Paul Fleischman, which was a
New York TimesNotable Book, a BookSense Pick, a
New York TimesPublic Library 100 Best Book, and a
KirkusBest Book for 2007.
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