Mommy and Mama: A children's storybook on post-adoption

• Main Author: Nava, Regina Clara G.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2012
• Subjects: Communication
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/2541
• Institution: De La Salle University

Mommy and Mama is a children's story book intended for children ages ten years old and above. Based from a true story, it is a post-adoption story in the view point of the adopted child. The main character of this story is a ten-year old boy named Nino, who dreams of meeting his birth mother. Aware of his adoption at a young age, Nino is eager to know more about his birth mother and hopefully get the chance to meet her. Through the openness of his adoptive family to help an excited Nino find his birth mother, he also learns to realize the special kind of family he has. The story delves into some of the questions that adopted children like Nino face about his or her adoption. Also, this book shows the importance of family, openness and love in the lives of adopted children.