false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171061395m/85663.jpg 85663 14 Choco wishes he had a mother, but who could she be? He sets off to find her, asking all kinds of animals, but he doesn't meet anyone who looks just like him. He doesn't even think of asking Mrs. Bear if she's his mother-but then she starts to do just the things a mommy might do. And when she brings him home, he meets her other children-a piglet, a hippo, and an alligator-and learns that families can come in all shapes and sizes and still fit together. <br><br> Keiko Kasza's twist on the "Are you my mother?" theme has become one of the most highly recommended stories about adoption for children. 1191587 1992 A Mother for Choco (Paperstar) total:95|5:47|4:35|3:10|2:2|1:1| 95 410 120 30 3010240 0399218416 9780399218415 7 5 4.32 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3010240.A_Mother_For_Choco 4 1 false Fri Apr 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 24 02:59:57 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 24 03:04:08 -0700 2009
I read this because I loved this author’s picture book: The Dog Who Cried Wolf.

The pictures in...more...]]> 3010240 0399218416 9780399218415 7 5 4.32 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3010240.A_Mother_For_Choco 4 1 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1998 Fri Apr 24 10:09:43 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 24 10:09:43 -0700 2009 Yes, it's...more...]]> 85663 0698113640 9780698113640 88 25 4.32 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171061395m/85663.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/85663.A_Mother_for_Choco 4 0 false Mon Jun 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 08 18:30:02 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 08 18:35:28 -0700 2009 wings like Choco, therefore she's not his mother. Choco approaches...more...]]> 85663 0698113640 9780698113640 88 25 4.32 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171061395m/85663.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/85663.A_Mother_for_Choco 5 0 false Sat Feb 28 14:03:21 -0800 2009 Fri Mar 20 16:02:22 -0700 2009 more...]]> 85663 0698113640 9780698113640 88 25 4.32 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171061395m/85663.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/85663.A_Mother_for_Choco 3 0 false Thu Sep 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 10 08:27:00 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 10 08:31:48 -0700 2009 more...]]> 85663 0698113640 9780698113640 88 25 4.32 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171061395m/85663.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/85663.A_Mother_for_Choco 4 0 false Mon Jan 26 13:42:07 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 26 13:47:48 -0800 2009 more...]]> 85663 0698113640 9780698113640 88 25 4.32 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171061395m/85663.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/85663.A_Mother_for_Choco 5 0 false Wed Jul 29 11:56:18 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 29 11:58:15 -0700 2009 85663 0698113640 9780698113640 88 25 4.32 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171061395m/85663.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/85663.A_Mother_for_Choco 0 0 false Mon Sep 07 18:57:45 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 18:58:35 -0700 2009 85663 0698113640 9780698113640 88 25 4.32 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171061395m/85663.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/85663.A_Mother_for_Choco 5 0 false Thu Jun 04 21:22:30 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 04 21:22:30 -0700 2009 85663 0698113640 9780698113640 88 25 4.32 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171061395m/85663.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/85663.A_Mother_for_Choco 5 0 false Sat Oct 11 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Oct 11 07:57:27 -0700 2008 Sat Oct 11 08:29:26 -0700 2008 Genre: Picture Book
Topic: Adoption; multi-cultural adoption
Theme: Families are different
Curricular Uses: Read-Aloud, Independent Reading, Shared Reading
Literary Elements: Repetition of phrases, dialogue, sequential plot
Illustrations: Great pictures ...more...]]> 85663 0698113640 9780698113640 88 25 4.32 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171061395m/85663.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/85663.A_Mother_for_Choco 5 0 false Wed Jul 08 10:29:04 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 08 10:29:28 -0700 2009 3010240 0399218416 9780399218415 7 5 4.32 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3010240.A_Mother_For_Choco 5 0 false Mon Dec 22 15:13:25 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 22 15:13:45 -0800 2008 85663 0698113640 9780698113640 88 25 4.32 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171061395m/85663.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/85663.A_Mother_for_Choco 5 0 false Sun Feb 15 21:55:20 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 15 21:55:33 -0800 2009 3010240 0399218416 9780399218415 7 5 4.32 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3010240.A_Mother_For_Choco 0 0 false Wed May 20 06:23:45 -0700 2009 Wed May 20 06:24:07 -0700 2009 85663 0698113640 9780698113640 88 25 4.32 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171061395m/85663.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/85663.A_Mother_for_Choco 4 0 false Wed Sep 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 24 08:56:51 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 30 12:15:13 -0700 2009 85663 0698113640 9780698113640 88 25 4.32 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171061395m/85663.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/85663.A_Mother_for_Choco 4 0 false Mon Sep 29 13:40:48 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 29 13:41:04 -0700 2008 more...]]> 85663 0698113640 9780698113640 88 25 4.32 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171061395m/85663.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/85663.A_Mother_for_Choco 5 0 false Tue Sep 16 13:04:25 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 16 13:07:28 -0700 2008 more...]]> 85663 0698113640 9780698113640 88 25 4.32 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171061395m/85663.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/85663.A_Mother_for_Choco 5 0 false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Sep 21 08:11:47 -0700 2007 Sun Jun 22 18:25:26 -0700 2008
The best part is the book shows this in a non threatening manner. The end always chokes me up a bit but I am an ad...more...]]> 3010240 0399218416 9780399218415 7 5 4.32 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3010240.A_Mother_For_Choco 4 0 false Mon Jul 28 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 09 17:01:18 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 29 19:55:43 -0700 2008 more...]]> 85663 0698113640 9780698113640 88 25 4.32 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171061395m/85663.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/85663.A_Mother_for_Choco 5 0 false Fri Aug 15 06:35:01 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 15 06:37:17 -0700 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=85663