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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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.

Bithparent’s Book of Memories

As birthparents, the greatest gift that we can give our children is a sense of their beginnings and the knowledge of their ancestors. We are in the unique position of […]

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!

This book tells about a young boy who is adopted learning that he is bi-racial.

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 […]

The Behavioral Survival Guide for Kids

A self help book for kids from 9-14 with behavioral disorders. Written in a style young readers can embrace, its pages are full of ideas to help the reader make […]

About Me

KVG Rib Kit Madison KV4222 About Me workbook was designed for therapists and has been successfully used by social workers, teachers, school counselors, parents and older siblings. This book can […]

The Don’t-Give-Up Kid and Learning Differences

Description “As Alex becomes aware of his different learning styles, he realizes that his hero, Thomas Edison, had similar problems and works with his teachers and parents to solve them.”