Welcome to the Resource Library

About 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.

Questions? Comments? Please e-mail info@wifamilyconnectionscenter.org

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Carolyn’s Story

This is a detailed biography of Carolyn, now nine years old, who was adopted as an infant from Honduras. It contains a lot of information about the adoption process as […]

Building a Bridge

Two girls are nervous about their first day of school which is located on a Navajo reservation. The Navajo girl and the Anglo girl are equally anxious until their teacher […]

Black is Brown is Tan

Black is brown is tan is a story poem about being, a beautiful true song about a family delighting in each other and in the good things of the earth. […]

Birth Fathers and their Adoption Experiences

The author recounts his experiences of birth fathers separated from their children at birth. This book offers a vital new perspective on understanding the causes and consequenses of adoption, and […]

Best I Can Be, The

Living with fetal Alcohol Syndrome or Effects “”You cannot see my disability on the outside. I like to make myself look pretty. I am adopted and my mom died so […]

Beyond the Whiteness of Whiteness

This book is a memoir of a white mother of black sons. It discusses the pervasive reality of American racism and how it was dealt with by her sons.

Adoption is OK

This book is about the feelings of adopted children brought here to America from Russia. It can help prepare a child. It is written in Russian and English.

Amazing Grace

Story about a girl from Trinidad named Grace who believed she could do anything she wanted as long as she put her mind to it. And she did!

Adoption Option (Book and Video)

This book and video tape feature powerful, honest testimonials of young birthparents who speak candidly about what having had sex as teenagers has cost them. They are true stories. Includes […]

Adoption Lifebook: A Bridge to Your Child’s Beginnings

Description “‘Adoption Lifebook: A Bridge to Your Child’s Beginnings’ is a new, easy-to-read workbook for international adoptive parents and waiting parents who wish to document their children’s early lives for […]