At Home in This World is the honest, lyrical reflection of a pre-adolescent girl on what she knows of her adoption from China, and the strength she gains from her acceptance of her bittersweet experience. The book addresses the underlying feelings and emotions that color the world of the China adoptee. At Home in This World effectively describes and empowers a young girl looking for acknowledgement, empathy and emotional validation. It also enables pre-teen readers to put their early lives into perspective, while emphasizing the supportive love that encircles them within their own families. What is your life story? Everyone has a one, and with a little detective work you will be certain that no one has a life story as extraordinary as your own...

At Home in This World, A China Adoption Story

Children's Books

MacLeod, Jean

Growing Up & Facts of Life

EMK Press

For adopted children, learning about their beginnings and how they understand what that means to them is a process. It doesn t happen at one point in time, but rather throughout the experiences of life. In this heartwarming children s book, Forever Fingerprints uses a common occurrence a relative s pregnancy as a springboard for discussions on birthparents, where adopted children are before they are born, and how that makes one little girl feel about it. Lucie is excited to feel a baby moving in her Aunt Grace s tummy but it makes her think of how she understands her adoption story in a different way. The tools offered in this book help her to create a unique connection to her birthparents, allow how she is feeling to surface and to be discussed, and give Lucie s parents the chance to reinforce their love for her, to empathize with her feelings and to honor her past. This book book resonates with 7 year olds and adults who have discovered that the feelings and emotions are shared by so many. While it looks like a simple children's book, this book helps parents and children create a family connection and strong foundation for discussing adoption questions. It's a veritable toolbox for adoptive families with a parent guide at the end of the book on how to open adoption discussion and a wonderful connection to birthparents for every adopted person, regardless of their age, with their fingerprints.

Forever Fingerprints: An Amazing Discovery for Adopted Children

Sherrie Eldridge

With 7.1 million grandchildren living with their grandparents and 4.7 million children living with other relatives, according to the 2010 census, almost 12 million children in America today are being raised in kinship care. Of course, this group of kinship providers comes with unique needs and challenges that are often difficult to address. The outcome for millions of children depend on the resources and support these families can access. This book helps build resources for these families, in the hopes that children's lives will be profoundly, positively impacted. 
 Containing articles from more than 70 contributors touched in a variety of ways by kinship care including grandparents raising grandchildren, children raised by other relatives or family friends, social workers, therapists, kinship support organizations, and others, this book will be a much needed resource for those working with and parenting their relative s children. Chapters include: The Unexpected Role Getting Organized Your Legal Toolbox Your Financial Toolbox Our Changing Family Guilt, Shame, &amp; Love Perspective of the Child Finding Support Parenting Children from Tough Starts Understanding Attachment Behavior and Discipline Working with Schools The Teen Years Tying Up Loose Ends Resources by chapter CEU Quizzes by chapter

The Kinship Parenting Toolbox

Kim Phagan-Hansel

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At Home in This World, A China Adoption Story

Forever Fingerprints: An Amazing Discovery for Adopted Children

The Kinship Parenting Toolbox