All the Babies: A First Book about Adoption - Board Book

by Kate Rietema (Author), Judi Abbot (Illustrator)

Celebrate God's gift of adoption by reading this colorful board book!

God made all babies different and special, and He made families different and special too. All the Babies is a child's first book about adoption. Author Kate Rietema introduces readers to eleven different kids who all entered their families in unique ways. With sweet illustrations of diverse families and children, kids will see people who remind them of themselves and their own families. This book features the following kinds of adoption:

• Domestic adoption
• International adoption
• Kids adopted into big families
• Single-parent adoption
• Kids adopted by family members
• Older-child adoption
• And much more!

The sentences are fun and simple, laying the foundation for future conversations about adoption, diversity, and belonging. By highlighting aspects of being adopted that might make a child feel different from their siblings or peers, All the Babies celebrates God's creative design. Our differences make us special.

"All the babies are different and special.
All the babies are made by God.
All the babies are loved--forever and always."

Author Biography

Kate Rietema is the biological and adoptive mother of five girls and has been a mom to many others through foster care. Throughout her life, Kate has experienced God's deep kindness, and she loves to share her stories with others. Kate works as a nurse, volunteers at her county jail, and lives at the campground she and her husband operate in West Michigan.