Mishka: An Adoption Tale |  | Author: Adrienne Ehlert Bashista
Creator: Miranda R. Mueller
Publisher: DRT Press
Category: Book
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Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 458410
Media: Hardcover
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Pages: 32
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 11.6 x 8.6 x 0.2
ISBN: 1933084014
Dewey Decimal Number: 306
EAN: 9781933084015
ASIN: 1933084014
Publication Date: November 1, 2007
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Product Description
Mo lives high on a shelf in an airport gift shop. All day he watches as families walk past. He can't help but feel lonely. Mo wants a family. He wants a home. Then one day Mo's wish for a family comes true as a special couple take him on a marvelous journey to meet his new best friend, Yuri. Mo has lots of questions once he gets to his destination. Where is he? What's a mishka? And most importantly, will the man and the woman who brought him and Yuri together come back? Will Mo ever have a family of his own?
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Mishka is Awesome October 22, 2007
Bobbie Steve (Citrus County, FL)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
When we adopted our son in 2003 we took him a bear for that first visit that I had picked up in the airport before we left so I immediately connected to this story. It was like reading our own story. And in 2005 when we brought his then 8-year-old sister, Julia home, I took her a bear that she called Mishka. She still calls him that today, two years later. Anyway, this book was great. I have read it all most every other night to my children. For them it is their story; something they can relate to. It is well written and well illistrated. I would recommend this book to anyone adopting from Russia and to anyone who all ready has and is trying to celebrate adoption.
Bobbie*
fabulous adoption story from a different point of view! October 21, 2007
Heidi Hartman (Virginia)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
This is a wonderfully charming tale of adoption told by a different point of view. My two sons, ages 6 and 7, adopted from Ukraine love hearing a story that is 'familiar' to them. They each have their own "Mishkas" that were part of their adoption! It is a warm and heartfelt tale that will certainly remain one of their favorites!
An enchanting story, heartwarming in its simplicity. November 4, 2007
Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Mishka: An Adoption Tale is a children's picturebook about a Western family's adoption of a Russian child - as told from the point of view of a stuffed bear. Mo is bought by a kind-hearted man and woman as a gift for a child, yet the young boy calls him "Mishka" - what does this mean? The man and woman give Mo to the boy with a promise to come back. A long time passes as Mo keeps the boy company amid a strange place full of children; eventually the man and woman come back to take the boy and "Mishka" home. During the trip, Mo learns that "Mishka" was Russian for "bear" all along! An enchanting story, heartwarming in its simplicity.
A beautiful and moving story November 16, 2007
sleepyinseattle (Seattle, WA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
A sweet and moving adoption tale written through the eyes of a child's bear. Really great story, beautiful artwork. I gave this to my sister who adopted a child from Russia and she and her son loved it. She actually cried when she read it and said that she was looking for a book for her son that represented their story. Really great book!
Beautiful story!! May 18, 2008
skrapbooker
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I am always hesitant to buy an adoption-related book without being able to read the whole thing through ahead of time, because I sometimes would rather use different words or sentiments to present things to our son (adopted from Russia at age 15 mos). This just arrived & I'm sooo pleased with it!!!! It made me cry! There's nothing that I consider "questionable" at all!!! It's a beautiful story!!! :) And it addresses the issue of having to make 2 trips to bring your child home. I especially appreciate the part of the story where the bear was happy to be in the orphanage (although that word isn't even used) rather than on the store shelf -- thus not portraying the orphanage as an awful place. But at the same time, he longs to go home with the Mommy and Daddy who are coming back for them.
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