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Somebody Cares: A Guide for Kids Who Have Experienced Neglect
Susan Farber Straus - Magination Press
Format: Print book
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Useful to read with a caring adult, Somebody Cares is a book for children who have experienced parental neglect and have been taking care of many things on their own. It helps them understand their feelings, thoughts, and behaviors and prepares them for changes in their families. Most importantly,... |
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Foster Families
Sarah L. Schuette - Capstone Press
Format: Book
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Simple text and photographs present foster families, including how family members interact with one another. |
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Maybe Days: A Book for Children in Foster Care
Jennifer Wilgocki - Magination Press; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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Will I live with my parents again? Can I visit my brothers and sisters ? Will I stay with my foster parents forever? For children in foster c are, the answer to many questions is often "maybe." Maybe Days is a s traightforward, nonfiction book that outlines the basic and common... |
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A Mother for Choco
Keiko Kasza - G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers; 1st Printing edition
Format: Hardcover
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Family is about love no matter how different parents and children may be, adopted or not.Choco wishes he had a mother, but who could she be? He sets off to find her, asking all kinds of animals, but he doesn't meet anyone who looks just like him. He doesn't even think of asking... |
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Healing Days: A Guide for Kids Who Have Experienced Trauma
Susan Farber Straus - Magination Press; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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Healing Days is a book designed to be used in therapy for young children and functions as an excellent resource for those who have experienced physical or sexual abuse, or other trauma. Readers will follow four children as they learn ways to cope with their own trauma. Sensitive, empowering,... |
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Elliot
Julie Pearson - Pajama Press
Format: Hardcover
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Elliot's parents love him very much, but all is not well. When he cries, they do not understand why. When he yells, they do not know what to do. When he misbehaves, they do not know how to react. One day a social worker named Thomas comes to visit, and Elliot's world turns upside-down.Manon... |
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Foster Parents
Rebecca Rissman - Heinemann Library
Format: Hardcover
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This title teaches readers that all families are different, and that some families include foster parents. |
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Planet Earth Is Blue
Nicole Panteleakos - Wendy Lamb Books
Format: Hardcover
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"Tender and illuminating. A beautiful debut." --Rebecca Stead, Newbery Medal-winning author of When You Reach MeA heartrending and hopeful debut novel about a nonverbal girl and her passion for space exploration, for fans of See You in the Cosmos, Mockingbird, and... |
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The Great Gilly Hopkins
Katherine Paterson - HarperCollins
Format: Paperback
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The timeless Newbery Honor Book from bestselling author Katherine Paterson about a wisecracking, ornery, completely unforgettable young heroine. Eleven-year-old Gilly has been stuck in more foster families than she can remember, and shes hated them all. She has a reputation for being brash,... |
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Forever, or a Long, Long Time
Caela Carter - HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover
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3 starred reviews * A Kirkus Best Book of 2017 * A New York Public Library Top Ten Books for Kids pick * An ALA Notable Book * 2018 NCTE Charlotte Huck Honor BookFrom rising star Caela Carter, author of My Life with the Liars, comes a captivating and heartfelt story about siblings who learn... |
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Touch Blue
Cynthia Lord - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover
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Touch Blue and your wish will come true."Why take chances?" says eleven-year-old Tess Brooks. "Especially when its so easy to let the universe know what you want by touching blue or turning around three times or crossing your fingers."But Tess is coming to know that... |
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Fast Break
Mike Lupica - Philomel Books
Format: Hardcover
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From the #1 bestselling author of Heat, Travel Team and Million-Dollar Throw comes a feel-good basketball tale reminiscent of The Blind Side. Forced to live on his own after his mom dies and her boyfriend abandons him, 12-year-old Jayson does whatever it takes... |
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Pictures of Hollis Woods
Patricia Reilly Giff - Wendy Lamb Books
Format: Print book
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This Newbery Honor book about a girl who has never known family fighting for her first true home "will leave readers . . . satisfied" (Kirkus Reviews) . Hollis Woods is the place where a baby was abandoned is the baby's name is an artist... |
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Kinda Like Brothers
Coe Booth - Push
Format: Print book
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Jarrett doesn't trust Kevon.But he's got to share a room with him anyway.It was one thing when Jarrett's mom took care of foster babies who needed help. But this time it's different. This time the baby who needs help has an older brother -- a kid Jarrett's age named Kevon. |
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Welcome Comfort
Patricia Polacco - Philomel Books
Format: Print book
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It's not easy being Welcome Comfort-a foster child always moving from home to home and getting picked on by the kids at school. Even Christmas, the most wondrous time of the year, isn't so wonderful for Welcome, who has no family, no presents, and no Santa Claus. "Santa! He's... |
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Otto and Pio
Marianne Dubuc - Princeton Architectural Press
Format: Hardcover
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Otto the squirrel is perfectly content living by himself in his treehouse in the forest, when a small creature, Pio, arrives on his doorstep, looking for his mother, and Otto invites him in. Pio eats all the hazelnuts, takes up the entire bed, and just gets bigger and bigger! Though Otto... |
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Home For a While
Lauren Kerstein - Magination Press; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover
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Calvin is in foster care, and he wants to trust someone, anyone, but is afraid to open his heart. He has lived in a lot of houses, but he still hasn't found his home. When he moves in with Maggie, she shows him respect, offers him kindness, and makes him see things in himself that he's... |
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