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
From New York Times bestselling Joanna Ho, of Eyes that Kiss in the Corners, and award-winning educator Liz Kleinrock, comes a powerful companion picture book about adoption and family. A young girl who is a transracial adoptee learns to love her Asian eyes and finds...
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...

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