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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The Blind Side

Michael Oher is one of thirteen children by a mother addicted to crack; he does not know his real name, his father, his birthday, or how to read or write. […]

I’m the Mommy Now

Many foster teens become parents at an early age. Here they write about the conflicts and burdens of parenthood, about challenges faced and overcome, and how they have grown as […]

Young Children and Foster Care

Focused on infants and young children from birth to age 5, this book offers a multidisciplinary discussion of the needs of children and families involved with the child welfare system. […]

It’s all Good Hair

What are you going to do with your children’s hair? Combing your daughter’s hair is giving you a headache and now your son is asking you for cornrows. Relax. Finally, […]

Returnable Girl

This book is the fictional journal of Ronnie, a girl who journeys through multiple foster homes and wonders if she will ever find a family with which she truly belongs. […]

Raising Foster Children

There are few things more precious, stunning, and cheering than a child’s smile. Foster parents can bring smiles to the faces of children who would otherwise be lost. It is […]

Relatives Raising children

The rapid growth of kinship care has caught many child welfare agencies of guard. RELATIVES RAISING CHILDREN gives professionals, agencies, institutions, communities and organizations the information they need to develop […]