Welcome to the Resource Library

This Resource Library is a collection of books, tapes, and DVDs, as well as instantly downloadable items, such as newsletters and tip sheets. You will find a wide variety of topics related to foster care, kinship caregiving, adoption, and more.

Wisconsin families and professionals are welcome to check out physical materials from our library for free (electronic items are available to all for free and on demand). The requested materials will be shipped to you with a postage-paid return envelope. You can help us serve more people by sending along a check for the amount of postage, if possible. You may check out four (4) items at a time and keep them for three (3) weeks.

Tables of Contents

To help you navigate our rich library of free downloadable resources, we have created some table of contents documents that we hope you find helpful.

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Final Gifts

How to help, talk and what to do for someone we love is dying.

Does Anybody Else Look Like Me?: A Parent’s Guide To Raising Multiracial Children

Description “‘Am I black or white, or am I American?’ ‘Why don’t my eyes look like yours?’ ‘Why do people always call attention to my “different” hair?’ Helping a child […]

Empty Lap (An)

Honest & intimate, on a marriage as on a high-stakes baby chase. An empty lap is an affirmation of one loving couple’s struggle to hold it together. From Jill’s pained […]

Let’s Talk About It: Adoption

Description “Fred Rogers opens the door for adopted children and their parents to safely talk about their good and sometimes not-so-good feelings in a book about the joy of belonging […]

Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff and It’s All Small Stuff

Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff . . . and It’s All Small Stuff is a book that tells you how to keep from letting the little things in life drive […]

Fostering Changes: Treating Attachment-Disordered Foster Children

Description “Fostering Changes addresses the following questions: What is attachment? Who are attachment-disordered foster children? What can be done to help them? Fostering Changes is a practical book for those […]

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder In Children & Adolescents

This guide explains OCD in children and adolescents.

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: The Hidden Epidemic

Description “Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) (also correctly called Polycystic Ovary Syndrome) is a complex, broad-spectrum hormonal disturbance affecting the entire body with numerous implications for a woman’s long-term health and […]

Lucy’s Family Tree

Description “When Lucy’s class is given a family tree assignment, Lucy asks her parents to write her a note to excuse her from the assignment. Adopted from Mexico, Lucy feels […]

Of Many Colors

Portraits of Multiracial Families Based on an award winning photo exhibit, this book documents the feelings and experiences of Americans who live in multiracial families. It tells the stories of […]