Once Upon a Time: An Adoption Story is a darling little book that helps children understand adoption and how much love is involved. Ashley Hansen Bigler (the Author) and Amy Hintze (The Illustrator) have done a wonderful job together in explaining adoption in a simple and very loving way.
My little family has been blessed by adoption. We adopted our son Aiden in 2008, and he has brought so much love to our home. We couldn’t imagine our lives without him. This book will help us when it comes time to explain adoption to him. I love that we have simple resources like this to help show him how much love is involved in adoption.
I grew up with the Illustrator, Amy Hintze. She has such a talent, and really has made this book come to life. She included this picture of our kids (from last May) in a collage on the last page of the book. Which makes this book that much more special to me.
Can you find them?
If you or someone you know has been touched by adoption, this book would be such a sweet gift to give. If you’d like to buy it now, you can RIGHT HERE.
If you’d like to enter this Giveaway:
Please comment on this post by 10pm, Sunday March 15th to enter.
for extra entries: (please leave a new comment for each entry.)
1. facebook
2. blog
3. retweet my tweet about this giveaway with a link to this post.
The winner will be announced on Monday morning, March 15th.
First one! Hope that is lucky.
I am a therapist and would love to add this book to my collection for families.
How precious!
I am sure that book is just as special to your children, as it is to you and your husband– How neat to literally be connected to it!
Thanks for the giveaway opportunity♥
cassandjonpaul@hotmail.com
P.S Any relation to the author!?
What a great book… I love adoption stories.
Our family has been blessed by adoption in so many ways. I was adopted as an infant… and my husband and I have adopted six of our seven children!!
We LOVE adoption!!!
I'd love to get this book! We're getting closer to the time when we'll be able to adopt, and I'd love anything that will help explain the process to our daughter
Cassie – oddly enough, there is no relation to the author. Although lots in common: same last name & both moms who have adopted.
Oh I love adoption books. They are some of my kids favorites. Of course their own adoption stories are their favorites!
My sister and brother-in-law are currently in the process of adopting. This book would be perfectly fitting when they bring home their son, who will be turning three in April. It will be a great addition to his bookshelf, I would love to be able to gift it!
I would really love to win this book. One of my very dear frends just adopted 7 children from Ethiopia, and I would love to give it to her.
The illustration of Avery and Aiden is so adorable. Oh, my! you have such beautiful children.
A dear friend of mine here in Texas sent me an email last week with this book. She is also friends with the illustrator. Small world.
I guess I'd better get a copy for my tinies, regardless!
Adoption runs deep in my family. Three of my 5 siblings were adopted. My husband and I adopted our oldest child. And six of my cousins were also adopted.
My daughter is now nine and starting to ask lots of questions. I would love this book to read with her. Thank you so much for bringing it to my attention!
Kim
Sounds like a wonderful book! My larger family circle has been blessed by adoption again and again. I would love to share this book with them.
P.S. I love the illustration of your kids–beautiful!
I still think Aiden is the cutest baby ever…even though he is almost 2.
What a great book!
What a lovely giveaway! Thanks for the chance to win!
My brother and sister-in-law adopted a boy a few years ago and I know they would enjoy this book!
I'm an adopted mom who would love this book to read to my 2.5 year old son! What a great resource! If I don't win it, I'm definitely going to purchase it!
How fun. I would love to enter.
I blogged about this great contest here: http://paige.ericksonfamily.com/?p=3130
What a sweet blog! Of course I love to see your pictures and this book sounds like such a wonderful gift. If you could let me know where you got it, I'll pick one up for us. Love you so much, Mel
VeRy cOol BoOk…I caN'T wAit To TeLl seVerAl frIenDs AbouT iT!!! We wAnT tO AdoPt sOmeDay, ToO!!! ThAnkS FoR ShaRinG – LOVE YOUR BLOG!!!
oh how I'd love to win this book! we adopted our daughter in '08 also!
We, like you, have "one of each" (biological and adopted).
what a neat book! we adopted our little asher in '08 as well. he has been such a blessing to our family. our soon to be 4 year old ruby, has just recently been asking questions like, why did asher have to be in a different mom's tummy? why couldn't he be in your tummy like i was? anyway, this book would be awesome, not only for little asher, but for ruby as well.
Seems like a great book! Children's books have a way of explaining things in a way that even adults can benefit from.
PS love the song of the week!
I love children's literature. Nothing like it. And what a sweet picture of your little ones. They are so darling Kami. I want you to adopt another one! Aiden is simply adorable.
I would LOVE that book.
Retweeted…and forgot to leave an email.
mamabyadoption at gmail dot com
This is Ashley Bigler, the author of the book. Wow Kami. You have a lot of followers on your blog. Looks like this will be a sweet giveaway. How about I add another free book to the giveaway! Just send me the address of the 2nd winner and I'll send that one out. Thanks so much for spreading the word. Also, so great to hear about all the wonderful adopted families out there.
Would love to share this book with our good friends who just last week officially adopted their baby girl. The family was sealed on Saturday in the Mt. Timpanogos temple. It was beautiful and touching to see all five of their daughters dressed in white to become a forever family.
I'm not sure how I found your blog, but I'm way impressed. Once upon a time, a long time ago, I went to Timpview with Kyle. I'm older than him, but he might remember my brother, Luke?
So sweet… and extra sweet for your little one to actually be IN the book…
Hope I win!
Adoption is indeed a GREAT blessing!
Cute book! I have so many sweet people in my life whose lives have been blessed by adoption. They would love this book!
My sister-in-law is adopted and I can't imagine the family without her. If I win, I will for sure give this to her so she can share it with her future kids.
We adopted our 2 year old. I would love to read this book to him!
I would love to share this book with my adopted son!
Sounds so wonderful!
My husband and I have been foster parents for the past 6 months to a little boy and have just found out that his parents want their rights terminated and so we are blessed to get the chance to adopt him!!!
Thanks for your inspiring posts.
I would love to add this beautiful book to my collection.
Kami, I just gotta say thanks for doing this. (This is Amy the Illustrator.) I had no idea you had the capacity for reaching so many people who have been touched by adoption! I love reading everyone's stories about how adoption has changed their lives. I cried when I had to illustrate the birth mom giving away her baby, but I know adoption is a god-given blessing to a ton of my friends as well. Thanks again for blogging about the book!
I have a sweet adopted neice-3 yrs old!
so special! adoption is amazing!
We adopted our son from Korea about 1.5 years ago! I would love this book!
We adopted our 3 sweet kiddos 3 years ago. It has been our greatest blessing. I would love to add this book to my collection.
I was adopted plus I have a couple I know, that is adding one more after two successful adoptions. I'd love to send this to them!
Lyn170 at yahoo dot com
count me in, it looks wonderful!
blessings,
shana
#1–your name is super cool–oh so close to mine.
#2–i would love to win this! my husband and i can't wait to adopt one day!
#3–looks like an awesome book! i just checked it out on the site.
I would love to be entered in to win the book. We are currently in the process of adopting sibling toddlers, our homestudy is in two weeks and is the final piece so we can start adding to our family. We have been so blessed in our lives, with the exception of being unable to have children. The cost to adopt infants or international adoptions are so much, that in our heart of hearts adopting toddlers here in the U.S. is right for us.
I wish whoever wins the best of luck in their own adoption journey.
Blessings,
Crystal~
I love this book as well. I also grew up with Amy.
We have been blessed by adoption as well. I have two beautiful daughters because of two wonderful birth mothers. I love this book, it reminds me so much of my 5 year old.
Arianne
anewton16@msn.com
I also facebooked about this.
anewton16@msn.com
We share the love of adoption with SO MANY people; family, friends, and our lives have been blessed by this miracle 2 times over! We will forever be grateful for the blessing these birthfamilies have been in our lives! Thank you for creating such a beautiful book that portrays such love!
Christine O, West Jordan, Utah
oh I have have have to comment. My sweet cousin is bringing home teeny tiny twins she's adopting this monday – I would love to be able to win this for her!
For all of you who entered to win Once Upon a Time: An Adoption Story and didn't win it, I'd like to remind you that it is still on sale this month for $9.99 plus shipping if you buy it from ashleyhansenbigler.com! It is a wonderful gift for anyone who has adopted a child, given a child for adoption, or is a grandparent or family member in either situation.