 | Horton Hatches the Egg by Dr. Seuss
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $0.01 Horton nurtures and hatches an egg when the mommy bird flies away. A good way to introduce the concept of foster care to the young child.
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 | A Mother for Choco (Paperstar) by Keiko Kasza
Buy new: $5.99 / Used from: $0.01 Choco looks for his mommy and ends up part of a big family with lots of different animals. Lovely.
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 | The Family Book by Todd Parr
Buy new: $10.39 / Used from: $8.28 Shows examples of how some families are different than others in a cartoony, fun way. We love this book! A favorite of some multi-racial families.
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 | Kids Need to Be Safe: A Book for Children in Foster Care (Kids Are Important) by Julie Nelson
Buy new: $9.95 / Used from: $6.25 |
 | Families Change: A Book for Children Experiencing Termination of Parental Rights (Kids Are Important Series) by Julie Nelson
Buy new: $9.95 / Used from: $9.09 |
 | Maybe Days: A Book for Children in Foster Care by Jennifer Wilgocki
Buy new: $9.95 / Used from: $8.74 |
 | The Star: A Story to Help Young Children Understand Foster Care by Cynthia Miller Lovell
Buy new: $7.95 / Used from: $26.28 |
 | We Belong Together: A Book About Adoption and Families by Todd Parr
Buy new: $10.87 / Used from: $2.37 A favorite of some adoptive families, Todd Parr is a favorite author in our home. Some reviewers feel the message implies a child should feel "grateful" for being adopted. We adopted from foster care and feel the book is perfect for our kids.
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 | My Foster Family: A Story for Children Entering Foster Care by Jennifer Levine
Buy used from: $31.99 |
 | Murphy's Three Homes: A Story for Children in Foster Care by Jan Levinson Gilman
Buy new: $9.95 / Used from: $9.07 |
 | Zachary's New Home: A Story for Foster and Adopted Children by Geraldine M. Blomquist
Buy new: $9.95 / Used from: $5.00 |
 | A Family For Sammy - This book has been designed to help explain the process of foster care to young children (Special Stories Publishing) (Special Stories Series) by Kate Gaynor
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $29.35 This book is ONLY for children who will be in short-term foster care and will reunite with their birth family.
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 | A Blessing from Above (Little Golden Book) by Patti Henderson
Buy new: $2.99 / Used from: $0.80 A aimple adoption book for Christian families.
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 | And Tango Makes Three by Peter Parnell
Buy new: $11.55 / Used from: $9.31 Two male penguins nurture an egg. A sweet, sweet story for anyone, perfect for a foster or adopted child with two Daddys.
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 | Tell Me Again About the Night I Was Born by Jamie Lee Curtis
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $2.79 Jamie Lee Curtis has a gift: my kids lover her books. This book is perfect for a child who came home at birth, not for the older adoptee. Still, it introduces the concept of adoption in a sweet way.
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 | Love You Forever by Robert N. Munsch
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $1.01 Not an adoption book per se, it repeats the simple message we recite to our kids: "I'll love you forever / I'll love you for always / As long as I'm living / My baby you'll be." This would NOT be an appropriate book for foster children who will be moving to another home or reunited with their birth families.
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 | Big Words for Little People by Jamie Lee Curtis
Buy new: $11.55 / Used from: $5.43 NOT an adoption book... just a great children's book with wonderful illustrations of a multi-racial family. The text never once mentions the white parents, the African American baby or the Asian big sister. Perfection!
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