Reading with your child, Page 2

You Are My I Love You by Mary Ann Cusimano

I am your parent; you are my child. I am your quiet place; you are my wild. . . . A day in the life of parent and child-full of smiles and giggles, messes and meals, boundless energy and well-earned naps. Not to mention lots of love.
My Little Foster Sister by Muriel Stanek
Penny gets a new foster sister, and at first is not happy about it. When she opens her heart, she finds her new foster sister is actually pretty neat.
Who Am I? by Stacie Cahill
Has your life been touched by adoption?? Have you or a friend adopted a child?? "Who Am I?" is a children's picture book that will be a helpful resource in providing a child with a complete understanding of the miracle of adoption. Each child will feel special and more secure as a result of learning what each letter in adoption represents. Children at a young age have so many questions regarding their identities and the circumstances surrounding each adoption experience. They typically want to know why their birthparents could not keep them. They want to know why they were adopted into their families. The pages in this book are bright and colorful, which help create a cheerful and fun tone, in which a child feels good when learning about adoption. The child will better understand God's love in building families through adoption. Children will learn to celebrate adoption, and will view adoption as another wonderful way, in which to build a family.
When I Wished I Was Alone by Dave Cutler
Be careful what you wish for… Sometimes we’re so mad that we wish everyone would just leave us alone! One night, for a young boy, this wish comes true… Waking up on a small floating island, he sees the most amazing things. Rising moons and dancing planets. Dazzling white stars that shimmer into soaring birds before his very eyes! Enchanted by the magic of the skies, the boy begins to wish for something else. He wants to share this beautiful world with his mom and dad—and even his little sister! Now, if only he could get back home…
1001 Rhymes & Fingerplays by Totline Staff
Songs and games to play with your child. Builds motor skills, as well as bonding.
The Complete Book of Rhymes, Songs, Poems, Fingerplays & Chants by Jackie Silberg and Pam Schiller
This best-selling book now comes with a double CD featuring fifty songs! The book gives children a variety of ways to fall in love with rhythm, rhyme, repetition, and structural sequence-important building blocks for future readers. With over seven hundred selections, the book and CD will help children build a strong foundation in skills such as listening, imagination, coordination, and spatial and body awareness. In this giant book of rhythm and rhyme, you are sure to find your own childhood favorites. The accompanying double CD features a variety of song styles that are guaranteed to get children up and moving!

Little Heroes #2: Adoption and Foster Care

Designed to help parents and children understand the foster care and adoption process. This issue is a true story about two brothers, Robert and Phillip, who are in the foster care system and how they come to find themselves in different adoptive families. A warm tale about separation, love, and family, Little Heroes #2: Adoption and Foster Care is great for resource centers, libraries, adoption and foster care agencies, and families who have adopted children both domestically and from overseas. Other Little Heroes books dealing with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, and Sensory Integration Disorder are also available. http://www.childstudy.org/

The Star: A Story to Help Young Children Understand Foster Care by Cynthia Miller Lovell

The Star is a story about a young child named "Kit" who was placed in foster care. The story follows Kit as she enters her new foster home and deals with a variety of emotions and questions. During the first night in the foster home, Kit looked into the sky and noticed a bright star. The star speaks to Kit and offers comfort and explains that Kit is not alone in his/her feelings and emotions. The star continues to be a comfort to Kit as he/she goes along his/her foster care journey.
A Mother For Choco by Keiko Kasza
Choco wishes he had a mother, but who could she be? He sets off to find her, asking all kinds of animals, but he doesn't meet anyone who looks just like him. He doesn't even think of asking Mrs. Bear if she's his mother-but then she starts to do just the things a mommy might do. And when she brings him home, he meets her other children-a piglet, a hippo, and an alligator-and learns that families can come in all shapes and sizes and still fit together.

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