Difficult Topics for Kids: Foster Care and Adoption

Sometimes we have to learn about difficult things like foster care and adoption. This list of books can help us start the conversation.

Updated October 28, 2025
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Eyes that weave the world's wonders
Ho, Joanna
Paper Book
"Ho now creates a beautiful book about family: what makes individuals and what connects us to one another. This book is a perfect addition to any children's shelf, whether aimed at families, adoption, multicultural stories, or topics of love and ­acceptance." --School Library...
Just like a mama
Duncan, Alice Faye
Paper Book
Celebrate the heart connection between adopted children and the forever families who welcome them with kindness, care, and unconditional love in this powerful picture book from the author of Honey Baby Sugar Child. Carol Olivia Clementine lives with Mama Rose. Mama Rose is...
No matter what : a foster care tale
Shipp, Josh.
Ebook
Josh was a squirrel without a family. Between the pelicans, the leopards, the otters, the snakes, and many more, no one seemed to want a squirrel like him. Josh didn't want a family, either. He did everything he could to scare those families away first, but the elephants weren't like other...
Murphy's three homes : a story for children in foster care
Gilman, Jan Levinson.
Paper Book
iParenting Media Award Winner People tell me I'm no different than any other Tibetan Terrier, but somehow I must be different because I've had three homes. Being a pup in foster care is awfully confusing. What's Murphy do when he's taken away from his family and placed...

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