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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My New Family

Children are sometimes upset to discover that they have been adopted. This book helps them understand how lucky they are to have loving, adoptive parents – and how lucky their […]

Milk and Cookies

Ages 4-8 Baby Bear and his parents are having a sleepover at his grandparent’s house when he hears a scary noise. He looks through the cellar door keyhole and sees […]

Rosie’s Family An Adoption Story

Rosie’s Family is a story about belonging in a family regardless of differences. Rosie is a beagle who was adopted by schnauzers. She feels different from the rest of her […]

Tell Me a Real Adoption Story

The story you tell your child about how she or he came into your family is more than just another story–it has the power to shape your child’s inner life. […]

What’s a Foster Family Anyway?

What’s A Foster Family, Anyway?, “provides a much needed resource in helping children cope with the potential traumatic experience of placement into foster care.” “This book should be offered to […]

Chicken Soup for the Adopted Soul

Chicken Soup for the Adopted Soul will touch your heart with stories of finding and creating families. From tales about international orphaned babies and children who spent years in the […]

Finding Fernanda

The dramatic story of how an American housewife discovered that the Guatemalan child she was about to adopt had been stolen from her birth mother Over the last decade, nearly […]