Books for 2 to 8 Year Olds on Foster Care and Foster Parents Included is a brief description of the book

Books for 2 to 8 Year Olds on
Foster Care and Foster Parents

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Author	Title	Subtitle	Year
O’Malley, Beth	My Foster Care Journey		2000
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Fill-in-the-blank pages to record information about birth parents, foster care (including multiple placements), adoption, and reunification memories with an “All About Me” section. Book includes a simple explanation of the whys and hows of foster care.

Author	Title	Subtitle	Year
Herbert, Stefon	I Miss My Foster Parents		1991
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Written by an adopted sibling group, ages 6 and 7, who had been in foster care for three years before being adopted. Simple child’s book with large print and few words, and nicely illustrated with children’s drawings.

Author	Title	Subtitle	Year
Inlay, Martine Golden	What's A Foster Family, Anyway?
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This book provides a much needed resources in helping children cope with the potentially traumatic experience of placement into foster care.

Author	Title	Subtitle	Year
Barmat, Jeanne	Foster Families
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Over 300,000 American children live with foster families because their own parents cannot give them proper care. Many foster children feel secure and loved in their foster homes, but others feel like "nobody's child" Foster Families examines the foster care system the challenges facing it today and some alternatives to it.

Author	Title	Subtitle	Year
Durrant, Jolene	Never Never Never Will She Stop Loving You		1999
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Story of a birth mother, Annie, and the baby she placed for adoption. A wonderfully reassuring book for adopted children about how they are loved and wanted, both by their new families and by their birth mother.

Author	Title	Subtitle	Year
Kitze, Carrie	We See the Moon		2003
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Splendidly illustrated book that provides young children with a foundation to begin the lifelong process of understanding adoption and how it relates to her birth parents. Portion of proceeds is donated by author to orphanages around the world.

Author	Title	Subtitle	Year
Wright, Marcia Kahn	Maybe Days
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This book addresses the questions, feelings and concerns these children most often face when in foster care.

Author	Title	Subtitle	Year
Wilson, Jaqueline	Story of Tracy Beaker, The
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Tracy's not exactly sure what her mother does, because Tracy has been in foster care as long as she can remember. She is a ten year old girl wonder and daughter of a famous Hollywood actress.

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