Mishka
Subtitle: An Adoption Tale
Contributors: Miranda R. Mueller (Illustrator)
Publisher: DRT Press
Published: November 1, 2007
Place of publication: Pittsboro, NC
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9781933084015
Subjects: Children's Books / 4-8 Years; Adoption; Alternative Family; Family & Relationships; Family/Marriage
Description: Mo lives high on a shelf in an airport gift shop. All day he watches families walk past and 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 woman who brought him and Yuri together come back? Will he ever have a real family of his own?
Notes: A book that broaches the sometimes difficult topic of 'where did I come from?' for many adopted children, especially those adopted from Russia or the Ukraine. Told from the perspective of Mo the stuffed bear, this is a sweet story about a bear and his boy.