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Mishka: An Adoption Tale
written by Adrienne Ehlert Bashista
Studio : DRT Press
by DRT Press
Publisher : DRT Press
Released : 2007-11-01
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EAN : 9781933084015
Avg. Customer Rating: (based on 9 reviews)
Our Price : $16.95
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Product Description |
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Mo lives high on a shelf in an airport gift shop. All day he watches as families walk past. He can't help but feel lonely. Mo wants a family. He wants a home. Then one day Mo's wish for a family comes true as a special couple take him on a marvelous journey to meet his new best friend, Yuri. Mo has lots of questions once he gets to his destination. Where is he? What's a mishka? And most importantly, will the man and the woman who brought him and Yuri together come back? Will Mo ever have a family of his own? |
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very sweet |
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I loved this book. This is a very sweet story with beautiful artwork. I highly recommend this book, even if you are not adopting from russia. |
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Beautiful story!! |
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I am always hesitant to buy an adoption-related book without being able to read the whole thing through ahead of time, because I sometimes would rather use different words or sentiments to present things to our son (adopted from Russia at age 15 mos). This just arrived & I'm sooo pleased with it!!!! It made me cry! There's nothing that I consider "questionable" at all!!! It's a beautiful story!!! :) And it addresses the issue of having to make 2 trips to bring your child home. I especially appreciate the part of the story where the bear was happy to be in the orphanage (although that word isn't even used) rather than on the store shelf -- thus not portraying the orphanage as an awful place. But at the same time, he longs to go home with the Mommy and Daddy who are coming back for them. |
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Charming, well-written and truthful |
I'm an adoptive mom of children from a former Soviet republic, a school librarian, and a pretty tough critic. I'm very pleased with Mishka: An Adoption Tale; I'd rate it as one of the top two or three picture books available that illustrate the international adoption experience from a child's point of view, and the only one specific to Russian/EE adoption. I especially like how the author uses the Mo the teddy bear's confusion and longing to mirror how young Yuri is probably feeling, but can't express in words. The language is simple, the story flows with no missteps. The illustrations are quietly charming.
I only have a couple of nit-picky issue with the story -- first I wish the Russian words hadn't all been hyphenated, since they're spoken by a native Russian speaker (Yuri). It makes them awkward, in my opinion, and don't accurately represent the Russian pronunciations anyway. Better to italicize the foreign words and have a glossary page at the end. The other, equally nit-picky thing is that in my experience, potential adoptive parents would not wait 'til the airport to buy a stuffed animal for their new child! But it works in the context of the story.
This is a wonderful addition to adoption literature, and to children's picture books in general. |
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A Russian Adoption |
I was particularly overjoyed to discover this delightful addition to what I feel is a scant lot of children's books about adoption.
The author is a media specialist and adoptive mother, something we both have in common, but I know nothing about Russian adoptions. I've not internationally adopted since 1987 and I prefer the Third World yet I was immediately drawn into this tale that supersedes its specific locale.
Played out through the eyes of a teddy bear without over dramatizing the obvious connections between this bear and the young child being adopted, the book never insulted the readers with obvious superficialitie, instead it coaxed one along through its pages.
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A Sweet Story that Rang True to My Boys |
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My kids really enjoyed reading this. The story rings true - I brought a bear to my older son when I adopted him, and he still keeps it on his bed. My younger son remembers the days between the time he met me and the time he came home, and says that the description of that time is very accurate. The pictures are lovely - especially St. Basel's! - and I really do like this book. Very well done (again!). |
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