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Tell Me Again About the Night I Was Born (Paperback)
by Jamie Lee Curtis (Author) , Laura Cornell (Illustrator)
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Story, Family love, Ages 0-4, Children's books |
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Finding the right words to explain the joy and love you feel for the child you bring into your heart and home isn't always easy, and it is a marvelous story of love and remembrance. |
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Author: Jamie Lee Curtis (Author) , Laura Cornell (Illustrator)
Publisher: HarperTrophy
Pub. in: August, 2000
ISBN: 0064435814
Pages: 40
Measurements: 8.7 x 10.0 x 0.1 inches
Origin of product: USA
Order code: BC00268
Other information: Reprint edition
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Jamie Lee Curtis and Laura Cornell have collaborated once again and authored a marvelous story of love and remembrance. "Tell me again about the night I was born...", a little girl asks and then proceeds to tell her favorite story all by herself. About how her parents were sleeping when the phone call came, how they screamed with joy, took an airplane to the hospital and held hands all the way there. About the first time they saw her and held her and protected her from sneezes on the plane ride home. About her first bottle and diaper change and first night in her new home... about their first night together as a new family. Ms Curtis' simple, gentle, sometimes poignant text is complimented by Ms Cornell's busy, colorful, expressive illustrations and together they tell this story with insight, wisdom and humor. Tell Me Again about the Night I Was Born is a charming picture book, perfect for youngsters 2 and older, about the uniqueness of each and every birth, of both a child and a family. The book is simple, easy to read and gives just enough information for the toddler set, and then as the child gets older it is a great kick off to more indepth conversation. This is a story to be treasured and read again and again.
Target readers:
Baby-Preschool
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Jamie Lee Curtis is a critically-acclaimed and best-selling author. Her most recent book, Today I Feel Silly and Other Moods That Make My Day enjoyed an extraordinary nine weeks on the New York Times best-seller list. It has sold over 750,000 copies to date. Other best-selling titles include Tell Me Again about the Night I Was Born and When I Was Little: a Four-Year Old’s Memoir of Her Youth. All of Curtis' picture books have been illustrated by the acclaimed artist, Laura Cornell. Curtis has demonstrated her versatility as a film actress with starring roles in such acclaimed films as the blockbuster True Lies opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger, for which she earned a Golden Globe Award, and Trading Places with Eddie Murphy and Dan Aykroyd for which she earned a British Film Academy award for Best Supporting Actress. Most recently Jamie starred in Halloween: H2O, which was the 20 year sequel to Halloween, -the now classic film which first brought her to the attention of audiences worldwide. Other memorable leading film role performances include A Fish Called Wanda, Fierce Creatures, Virus, Dominick And Eugene, Blue Steel, My Girl, My Girl II, Forever Young, Mother's Boys, House Arrest and Love Letters. In television, Curtis co-starred opposite Richard Lewis in the acclaimed sitcom Anything But Love which earned her both a Golden Globe and People's Choice Award, as well as TNT's adaptation of the Wendy Wasserstein play The Heidi Chronicles which also earned her a Golden Globe nomination. More recently, Jamie starred in the CBS telefilm Nicholas' Gift for which she received an Emmy nomination. Curtis began her Hollywood career in 1977 when she signed on as a contract player with Universal Studios. She was a regular on the television series Operation Petticoat when she was cast in Halloween. That role leads to subsequent roles in Prom Night, Terror Train and The Fog. Jamie Lee Curtis is the mother of Annie and Thomas. She has been married for 16 years to actor/director Christopher Guest.
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Tell me again about the night I was born.
Tell me again how you would adopt me and be my parents.
Tell me again about the first time you held me in your arms.
Jamie Lee Curtis and Laura Cornell, author and illustrator of the best-selling When I Was Little: A Four Year Old's Memoir of Her Youth, have joined together again to create a fresh new picture book for every parent and every child. In asking her parents to tell her again about the night of her birth, a young girl shows that it is a cherished tale she knows by heart. Tell Me Again about the Night I Was Born is a unique, exuberant story about adoption and about the importance of a loving family.
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A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2006-12-30 00:00>
This is a happy book that is beautifully, colorfully, and imaginatively illustrated. It tells the story of what seems mostly like a domestic adoption very nicely. Some of the humor of the book is geared toward adults more than the children that it would be read to. I am a single mom of more than one child, so I will say that the book portrays the adoption of a child into a family consisting of a mom and dad and no other siblings are mentioned. However, my children enjoy this book a lot and I always appreciate any story that helps tell about different kinds of families and the way they are formed. This book does that well and I would recommend it. |
J. Conn (MSL quote), USA
<2006-12-30 00:00>
I first read this book years before we adopted, and even then it brought me to tears. We have several adopted family members in different generations and we adopted internationally. Even though I knew this wouldn't be exactly like our story, I couldn't wait to get this book for my son. Some issues other people mentioned: 1. This story isn't like mine/ours/our child's. This book is very clearly a domestic out-of-state (or at least out of town) adoption story. My response to this is "So?" If a biological parent had a book telling a similar story, it wouldn't match everyone else in the world's birth. It's still a wonderful way to both introduce the idea of adoption as well as talk about all the different ways people can become a family. Our son's bio mother wasn't "too young to care for" him, and we are able to "have a baby", but again, that's not the point of the book. 2. It glosses over the feelings of loss an adoptee has. Maybe it does, but should EVERY single book about adopting for little kids cover this? Since the book is being written about a newborn, what should Curtis add "Even though you were too young to understand, we know that someday you will feel a sense of loss of your biological families and there is nothing wrong with that and we will be sure you stay in touch with her if she chose an open adoption?" It's a book for little kids about Mommies and Daddies being happy to have a baby. 3. I am not sure what the person who was unhappy about the "B-word" (birth? biological? I can't remember) being used would have preferred. Terminology is a matter of personal preference for the most part, while we all agree "Real Mom" isn't the best, birth mom, bio mom, natural mom, whatever - we'll use the words our family feels most comfortable with. I thought it was a great way to include the birth parents in the family tree. Your "roots" grow where you're planted, not just where you came from. I highly recommend this book for anyone who is adopted, is an adoptive parent, or wants to talk to children about adoption. |
Bob (MSL quote), USA
<2006-12-30 00:00>
When we adopted our daughter, we struggled with what to tell her and how to explain, in a healthy way, that, while we're her parents, she also has biological parents. We looked at dozens of books and were, frankly, disappointed in one way or another. When I read this book, I was delighted! It so closely described our experience, excitement, and ecstasy. Jamie Lee Curtis does a fantastic job of presenting a potentially difficult topic in a way that is fun for children and easy for them to understand. Laura Cornell's illustrations are delightful. We read "Tell Me Again..." a lot. We talk about it, make jokes, laugh (and, for me, reading it often brings tears of joy and gratitude to my eyes). Last week my daughter told me the names of her favorite books (all include either princesses, mice, purple dinosaurs, or a group of Australian singing / dancing men). When I asked her what she thought was my favorite book, she left the room, returned, smiling, holding out this book! We curled up together on the couch and read it together, again. She's right. This is my favorite children's book and it is one I'll keep for myself for many years to come. |
W. Peters (MSL quote), USA
<2006-12-30 00:00>
This is a lovely book-of course it will not address every specific situation, but that's OK - kids love to hear stories about kids like them, but it does not need to be identical. As an adult adoptee, though, I felt the need to reassure the adoptive parents who might read some of the other reviews- do not lose heart at the thought of an embittered adult adopted child. In my experience, these are a very rare minority of people who would have had psychological or self esteem issues no matter what their circumstances - however, they've decided to hang their lot in life on their adoption status.
Get this book and others to share the joy of adoption with your child - let them know that they were desperately wanted in your family and that it's OK to ask questions about their birth parents. A loving family is a loving family, no matter how it was formed. God bless all your little ones! |
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