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The New Crunch-Time Guide to Parenting Language for Chinese Adoption Paperback – March 18, 2014

by Kat LaMons (Author), Trish Diggins (Author)

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The absolute, must-have, can’t-live-without-it, English to Chinese words and phrases adopting parents need to communicate effectively with your newly adopted child while in China and after you get home! Intentionally small to make travel easier (every ounce counts), it's packed with terms and phrases - and even some bonus words like colors and numbers - to make this special time and transition easier. (Plus, you'll get access to free audio downloads!)

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With nearly two decades in the field of adoption, Kat LaMons brings an extensive knowledge of adoption processes and post-adoption issues. In addition to her direct work with adoptive families, Kat shepherded a cultural school for adoptees for many years and created an adoption-focused distance-learning curriculum used throughout the United States and seven foreign countries. She's also a former columnist for Adoption Today magazine, and has written on adoption and adoption-related subjects throughout her career. Trish Diggins brings a wealth of communications experience in the corporate, television, web, film, and non-profit worlds creating award-winning design, branding, and writing projects for national and international companies. In addition to being an adoptive mother, Trish is an adopted person herself. She is currently on the board of her local Chinese adoption support group and has been published in Adoption Today magazine.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Marcinson Press
Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 18, 2014
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 40 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0989373223
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0989373227
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.1 x 8.5 inches

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Kat LaMons has been an adoption, education, and writing professional for the past twenty years. In addition to her direct work with adoptive families, Kat shepherded a cultural school for adoptees for many years and created an adoption-focused distance-learning curriculum used throughout the United States and seven foreign countries. She's also a former columnist for Adoption Today magazine.
Kat currently has two books published with co-author Trish Diggins: "The New Crunch-Time Guide to Parenting Language for Chinese Adoption" and "Ladybug Love: 100 Chinese Adoption Match Day Stories."
"It has been my privilege to share in hundreds and hundreds of adoption journeys," says Kat. "I have poured my heart and soul into seeing that "our" children are well cared for. There is nothing in the world I am more passionate about, and I believe positive, helpful, and uplifting post-adoption support is key." Kat currently blogs on adoption issues at www.katlamons.com.
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Trish Diggins
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An award-winning designer, writer, author, creative director, branding guru, and web geek, Trish has experience in the corporate, television, and web arenas. An adopted person and adoptive mother, she lives with her husband and daughter in Fleming Island, Florida.
Trish’s first adoption-related work was published in Adoption Today magazine. Since then, she has
co-authored four adoption-related books:
"Found: Two Adopted Friends Search for Their Birth Families" with Sherri Craig-Evans
"Ladybug Love: 100 Chinese Adoption Match Day Stories" with Kat LaMons
"The New Crunch-Time Guide to Parenting Language for Chinese Adoption" with Kat LaMons
"The New Crunch-Time Guide to Parenting Language for Haitian Adoption" with Kat LaMons
Trish also was editor for Vivienne Strauss' first book, "Little Birds Big Adventures: The Bird Collages of Vivienne Strauss" and has edited and designed more than 50 additional publications.
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"...dreamed of saying to my girls.....plus so many absolutely needful things to communicate - I was so happy!..." Read more

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"Love this book! I would give it 10 stars if I could. My wife and I bought this book to take with us to China when we adopted our 2 year old son...." Read more

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Customers appreciate the pronunciation guide, finding it easy to correctly pronounce and user-friendly, with one customer noting the essential phonetic spellings of Chinese words.

"...It makes it so easy for me to truly correctly pronounce what my girls will most need to hear from this new stranger who loves them fiercely!..." Read more

"...The phonetic spellings of the Chinese words was absolutely essential, and the audio files were open in our browsers the whole trip for quick..." Read more

"...And....drumroll...she understood every single one! For anyone that has tried to use Mandarin, you know how huge this is...." Read more

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Tina Dawn
This book is a BLESSING!
Reviewed in the United States on September 12, 2014
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I bought this book in May as we are preparing to bring home our daughters from China in a few months. It immediately brought me to tears! All the things I have dreamed of saying to my girls.....plus so many absolutely needful things to communicate - I was so happy! The way the book explains how to say each word is fabulous! It makes it so easy for me to truly correctly pronounce what my girls will most need to hear from this new stranger who loves them fiercely! My friend (and also adoptive mom) who is traveling with me loved practicing at summer camp in the evenings! This book is a blessing!! Thank you for providing such a valuable resource for adoptive parents!

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ammoore06
Best thing we packed!
Reviewed in the United States on February 3, 2020
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This was just what we needed for our trip to meet and adopt our son from China! The phonetic spellings of the Chinese words was absolutely essential, and the audio files were open in our browsers the whole trip for quick reference and playback. The book is the perfect size: small enough to pack in a carry-on or backpack but big enough to read easily. Loved this product—one of the best things we packed!

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Shelley M.
I was really excited to get this book 6 weeks ...
Reviewed in the United States on July 1, 2016
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I was really excited to get this book 6 weeks before our adoption. 2 weeks in, the audio files stopped working. If you want to make sense to your child, you really have to have the audio files. It's just too hard to guess on inflection without them. Still waiting on a response from the company about why the audio files no longer work. I'd give it 5 stars if the audio was running!

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Gael
She Understood Me ❤️ (Tried and Tested)
Reviewed in the United States on March 4, 2015
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Fabulous book! I have studied Mandarin off and on for three years, but this is the only place I've found the phrases that are needed to communicate with our newly adopted child. And....drumroll...she understood every single one! For anyone that has tried to use Mandarin, you know how huge this is. The book gives you the PInyin and tone marks. I have seen another book that omitted the tone marks and so was functionally worthless. If you can't hear or reproduce the tines, you can down load phrases onto a tablet or smart phone.

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Julie Jensen
The content is great and very helpful
Reviewed in the United States on August 26, 2014
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I'm giving this four stars because this is a very SLIM book and I paid $15 for it. I was surprised at just how small it was considering the price. The content is great and very helpful, just disappointed at how sparse the book really is.

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Jason R
Great resource and it tells you how to say stuff too!
Reviewed in the United States on January 13, 2017
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Love this book! I would give it 10 stars if I could. My wife and I bought this book to take with us to China when we adopted our 2 year old son. It was a great tool to have to be able to communicate small needs with him. The best thing about this book is that it tells you how to pronounce everything! I would highly recommend this book if you are adopting a child from China, no matter the age!

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Kindle Customer
Good but way overpriced
Reviewed in the United States on July 15, 2016
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This is good information, but we probably could have found it for free on the web. This book is WAYYYYYYY overpriced, given that it is only about twenty pages in length. I was expecting much more for $20.

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mommynor
GREAT BOOK
Reviewed in the United States on June 2, 2014
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We have taken Mandarin in the past but have lost much of it. My husband often travels to China for business so it is still somewhat familiar to him. This book is wonderful. We haven't used it on our adoption trip yet but will be going in the next few weeks. I LOVE the audio downloads that come along with it. The book doesn't show the tones you need to use while speaking. The downloads solve that problem.

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