Children's Books About
Adoption and Foster Care
Culled from seven sources These children's books about adoption and foster care were recommended on more than one highly regarded bibliotherapy list. Locate a book at a nearby library | Locate a book on Amazon
(links above open new windows)Children's books about adoption and foster care
(Titles that appear as links are reviewed on this site)Appearing on 4 bibliotherapy booklists Appearing on 3 bibliotherapy booklists - All About Adoption: How Families are Made and How Kids Feel About It by Marc A. Nemiroff
- Koala for Katie by Jonathan London
- Let's Talk About It: Adoption by Fred Rogers
- Little Miss Spider by David Kirk
- Over the Moon: An Adoption Story by Karen Katz
- You're Not My Real Mother! by Molly Friedrich
Appearing on 2 bibliotherapy booklists - Adoption by Jillian Powell
- Adoption is for Always by Linda Walvoord Girard
- Allison by Allen Say
- Brown Like Me by Noelle Lamperti
- Carolyn's Story: A Book About an Adopted Girl by Perry Schwartz
- Don't Think Twice by Ruth Pennebaker
- Families are Different by Nina Pellegrini
- How I Was Adopted: Samantha's Story by Joanna Cole
- Is That Your Sister? by Catherine Bunin
- Just Add One Chinese Sister by Patricia McMahon and Conor Clarke McCarthy
- A Mother for Choco by Keiko Kasza
- My Family Is Forever by Nancy L. Carlson
- My New Family: A First Look at Adoption by Pat Thomas
- A New Barker in the House by Tommie de Paola
- Our Baby From China: An Adoption Story by Nancy D'Antonio
- Our Twitchy by Kes Gray
- Pablo's Tree by Pat Mora
- Pinky and Rex and the New Baby by James Howe
- The Red Blanket by Eliza Thomas
- Tell Me a Real Adoption Story by Betty Jean Lifton
- Through Moon and Stars and Night Skies by Ann Warren Turner
- We Adopted you, Benjamin Koo by Linda Walvoord Girard
- We Wanted You by Liz Rosenberg,
- When You Were Born In China: A Memory Book for Children Adopted from China by Sara Dorow
- Youn Hee and Me by C.S. Adler
- Zachary's New Home by Geraldine Blomquist
Children's Books About Adoption Special Mention Bibliotherapy - Children's books about adoption and foster care These books are fiction and non-fiction, picture books and mostly text. For that reason, you'll want to find out more about them to determine which is right for a particular situation. This library locator finds the libraries nearest you. Bibliotherapy is the use of books to help children cope, understand and heal. On the bibliotherapy page you can learn more and also find lists of children's books appropriate for other situations. This list of children's books about adoption and foster care, stepfamilies and blended families, was compiled by consulting some of the best bibliotherapy booklists on the subject and finding the books that were common to more than one list. The seven sources I consulted were: - CynthiaLeitichSmith.com - An American Library Association "Great Web Site"
- Daily Dose of Reading - Pediatricians and Families Partnering to Promote Literacy
- Elmhurst (Illinois) Public Library
- Louisville (Kentucky) Free Public Library
- Notes from the Windowsill - Celebrating Children's Books Loved by Adult Readers
- Seattle (Washington) Public Library
- Wilmette (Illinois) Public Library
Amazon search results for children's books about adoption and children's books about foster care. The bibliotherapy page contains more booklists. Best Children's Books - Find, Read or Write home page.
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