“Megan is adopted, but she and her parents keep in touch with her birth mother, Kendra. Every year on Megan’s birthday, Kendra decorates the tree she planted when Megan was born and sends a picture of it to Megan. Megan cherishes this Birthday Tree, for it ties her and Kendra together.”
“But one day Kendra writes that she is getting married and moving to a different town. Will she forget Megan, without the tree to remind her?”
“Open adoption, where the birth parents and adoptive family can stay connected, is now the prevalent form of adoption in this country.”
“Laura Lears’s warm and tender story shows how open adoption works and can benefit everyone involved. Bill Farnsworth’s rich paintings express Megan’s deep emotions.”