— Reviewed by Kim Phagan-Hansel Written by psychotherapist Eshele Williams, “But Mommy, Our Last Name Isn’t Foster” is a kid-friendly introduction to foster care. The book introduces readers to the Ellington family whose young son […]
Welcome to Calvin’s world, a young boy living in foster care who wants so badly to trust someone, but is afraid to open his heart. Written by psychotherapist Lauren Kerstein, “Home for a While” explores […]
Column: More Than Enough by Jason Weber Dillon Helbig was in second grade when his book went into circulation at his local public library in Boise, Idaho. As of January 2022, the waiting list had […]
By Rachel Howard Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2019, ISBN: 978-1-328-58882-1, 198 pages, $23 “The Risk of Us” tells the story of a California couple hoping to add to their family in this fictional memoir-style novel. Author […]
By Sequoya Griffin Key Purpose Books, LLC, 2016, ISBN: 978-0-9992325-0-7, 443 pages, $14.99 When Sequoya Griffin was 4 she entered foster care for the first time. This would be a pattern that would continue for […]
By Jim Kenny Art by Carla Mann with Karen Holtzclaw Stone Belt Press, 2017, ISBN: 978-0-9989456-0-6, 55 pages, $27 When Chipper Wump’s father leaves home and never returns and then his mom is captured by […]
By Jamie Schwandt Adoption World Publishing, 2017, 60 pages, $13.95 Life would be so much easier some days if it came with directions to help navigate the various challenges we often face. For kids in […]
By Keri Vellis Illustrated by Jin Lehr Keri Vellis, 2017, ISBN: 978-0-692-86839-3,18 pages, $10.99 Through Keri Vellis’ new book, “Sometimes … A story of Transition for Foster and Adopted Children,” we follow the journey of […]
By Rosemary Zibart With artwork by Sandi Wright and Ryon Harding Z Productions, 2016, ISBN: 978-0-9975706-0-1, 32 pages, $9 Every day children are removed from abusive and neglectful situations with their birth families and moved […]
By Deena Saunders-Green Green Pines Media, 2016, ISBN 0-9981835-0-4, 229 pages, $8.99 “Angelique, A Transitional Age Youth Novel,” is the first novel by Deena Saunders-Green, who has advocated for youth in foster care as a […]
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