“A young African-American girl describes the familiar mother-daughter nightly ritual of combing the tangles out of her hair. When she cries because it hurts, her sympathetic mother tells [...]
Hootah is a young mother owl whose life-style issue renders her an ineffective parent. Try as she might, she is unable to overcome those problems. Eventually, the great Parliament of […]
Sunny is the story of Mandy, a foster child, who is given a puppy. Struggling with her own emotions of loss and belonging, Mandy tries to return the puppy to its […]
(Hardcover, 28 pages) Donny isn’t sure what his grandmother thinks of him. She is so proper and his behavior is far from perfect. Yet, when Donny gets tangled up in […]
Casey’s dad has to go away for a couple of days…Again! Casey hates it when his father has to travel. But this time Dad leaves behind a special gift that […]
The name Betty Brinn is a families one in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Two spacial places in the city – the Children’s Museum and the Children’s Room at the Milwaukee Public Library- [...]
Lily storms home to her mother one day, demanding a real family. It’s Family Fun Night at school, and she’s positive they’ll be the weirdest family there. Her single-parent mom [...]
Every adoption is different, but all have one thing in common: the child and how important it is for them to know their own story. You Grew In Our Hearts […]
All children in foster care need simple, effective, easy-to-remember methods for identifying and managing their own feelings while responding to the questions, comments, and curiosities of [...]
Please Tell is a beautifully simple book with a profoundly important message for children who have been sexually abused: the abuse wasn’t their fault. Written and illustrated by Jessie, [...]
