Written for counselors, therapists and adoptive parents working with children aged 5-11, this workbook can help children explore their feelings about their adoption, factoring in that there are many different experiences with adoption. Jack & Emma’s Adoptee Journey ...
One evening,Mary was__4__a meeting for adoptive parents.One of the__5__fathers stood up to introduce himself.But before he spoke,he reached into his coat pocket and held up a__6__,red paper rose. “Twenty years ago today,I felt alone and__7__.I didn’t know the talents inside...
From the publisher: Journalist Karin Evans tells the story of adopting her daughter, Kelly, who was once one of the hundreds of thousands of infant girls who wait for parents in orphanages all over China. Weaving her personal account with extensive research, Evans investigates the conditions that...
simple explanations of complex concepts, practical examples and helpful suggestions. Perfect for busy social workers in local authority children and adoption teams, approved adoption agencies and adoptive parents, "Life Story Books for Adopted Children" is a refreshing, innovative and common-sense guide...
Gr 9 Up–Manny, a queer teen cast out of his devout religious family, is determined to reunite with his younger sister, who is still living with their adoptive parents. Oshiro uses a nonlinear time line to tell a compelling story that explores trauma, abuse, and white saviorism. ...
“aliens” who want to get to know them better. My Very Own Aliens is for any child who has lost what is familiar to them and must learn a new way of being family that can often feel like living with aliens. Children and parents will be reassured that what they are feeling is ...
Three years later, Symons and partner William Rogers were the proud adoptive parents of a son of their own.The more he filmed his friend Kelly and saw up close and personal the joys of being a gay dad, the more Symons and Rogers found themselves talking about starting their own family. ...
Caleb Wachsmann is a widower with three small children. His wife, parents, and youngest child all died in the cholera epidemic of 1834. A dedicated father, Caleb does his best to care for the children properly after their mother's death, but is quick to realize he needs help. He then ...
2. Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew by Sherrie EldridgeIn this insightful book, Sherrie Eldridge, an adoptee herself, shares the perspectives of adopted children and offers valuable insights for adoptive parents. Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew ...
Becoming Adoptive Grandparents by Jane Brown I flashed back to encounters we’d had when Ian and his brothers and sisters were children. Now the shoe was on the other foot; I was the one singled out as different. Raising Latino Kids A Book for Parents Raising Nuestro Niños: Bringing Up...