Foster Care + Adoption Books For All the People

Foster Care + Adoption Books For All the People

Jamie C.

We like to gift people the things that we love. My husband gets everyone on his list a movie. My brother buys shoes and athletic gear for every member of the family. Me? I get everyone books. Everyone, even the ones who aren’t readers.

For your benefit, I’ve compiled a list of my very favorite foster care + adoption related books for all the people on your list (and, you know, yourself). There’s one for everyone…

For the fiction lover who wants to try out non-fiction: Another Place at the Table by Kathy Harrison

For the foster parent looking for a Biblical view of foster care: Reframing Foster Care by Jason Johnson

For the foster/adoptive parent who needs an intro to trauma-informed parenting: The Connected Child by Dr. Karyn Purvis

For the foster/adoptive parent who needs a pep talk: Confessions of An Adoptive Parent by Mike Berry

For the adoptive parent who wants to learn from an adoptee: 20 Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew by Sherrie Eldridge

For the memoir loving reader who wants to hear from a former foster youth (Christian perspective): Millennial Orphan by Levi Gideon Shepherd

For the memoir loving reader who wants to hear from a former foster youth (secular perspective): Three Little Words by Ashley Rhodes-Courter

For the memoir loving foster/adoptive parent who’s struggling with children’s behaviors: Born Broken by Kristin Berry

For the parent of a child with sensory needs: The Out of Sync Child by Carol Kranowitz

For the research-loving parent who wants to better understand their foster/adopted child: The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk

For the foster/adoptive parent who needs a training manual: Wounded Children, Healing Homes by Jayne Schooler, Betsy Keefer Smalley, & Timothy Callahan

For the adoptive mom who’s looking for an easy, hopeful read: The Lucky Few by Heather Avis

For the parent of a child who was exposed to drugs and alcohol: The Mystery of Risk by Ira J. Chasnoff

For the reader who appreciates good journalism: To The End of June: The Intimate Life of American Foster Care by Cris Beam

For the devotional-loving foster and adoptive parent: The Gift by Pam Parish

For the person considering become a foster/adoptive parent: Ready or Not: 30 Days of Discovery for Foster and Adoptive Parents by Pam Parish

View fullsize A word to the mamas making their way to church with screaming babies and squirming toddlers and trauma-ing kids and eye-rolling teenagers: What you’re fighting for is worth it. You may barely sing a song, hardly hear a word, not even be able to
View fullsize "I don't know why she's having such trouble going to sleep...she won't stop crying." "Did she have a visit today?" "Yeah..." "Well, there you go." He hit it on the head. Visit days are hard days. She comes home
View fullsize Getting to interview amazing mamas of all kinds—foster, adoptive, birth, and bio—is one of the great joys of my days. The passion + wisdom + perspective + experience that I get to benefit from as I chat with these women has shaped my thin
View fullsize “Some of our kids are adopted, some are natural born—I forget which ones are which.” • It’s a nice sentiment. The idea that there’s “no difference.” But that’s all it is—a sweet, naive, idea
Losing Heart • When What I See Isn't Enough

Losing Heart • When What I See Isn't Enough

When I Don’t Love My Foster/Adopted Child

When I Don’t Love My Foster/Adopted Child
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