![]() The young pup is nervous at first and uses paint for body art to mirror the mother's stripes. PreS-Gr 1-This cross-species adoption story with a feline mother and a canine child uses gentle touches to show glimpses into the process of becoming a family, told through the child's point of view. The closing idea that "Mom is learning how to be my mom, and I am learning how to be Mom's kid" is a powerful one for both adoptive parents and their children. Pared-down backgrounds (a couple trees and a gently curving hill define a park, during an outing away from home) keep the focus on the dog's emotions. Its mother is an orange cat with brown stripes, highlighting how adoptive family members don't necessarily look alike, especially in cases of transracial adoption. Mexican author-illustrator Galindo (The Cherry Thief) offers an understated but emotionally intense account of a mother and her adopted child "learning how to be a family." Galindo's digital illustrations have a crayonlike softness, and she pictures the child (who narrates, and whose gender is unspecified) as a golden dog. ![]()
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