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School Daze: Surviving Elementary School
Let's talk about adoption, race and culture
For Parents
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by Sherrie Eldridge
This remarkable book offers an unparalleled window into the heart of the adopted child, giving voice to feelings that are often too difficult to express. In powerful, poignant essays, it highlights the TWENTY THINGS ADOPTED KIDS WISH THEIR ADOPTIVE PARENTS KNEW. It also speaks to the unspoken concerns at the heart of every adoptive family, offering practical advice for addressing past issues, handling current crises, and ensuring a long, loving future for you and your children.
(Paperback, 272 pages, 1999)
#6815 $13.95 Order from Tapestry Books
Black
Baby White Hands: A View from the Crib
by
Jaiya John
July 15, 1968, a Black baby becomes perhaps the first in the history of New
Mexico to be adopted by a White family. Here is a brazenly honest
autobiographical journey through the mind and heart of that child, a true
story for the ages. BLACK BABY WHITE HANDS, a poetic, lyrical waterfall of
jazz splashing over the rocks of pain, love and the honoring of family.
Magically, this book finds a way to sing as it cries, and to exude compassion
even as it dispels well-entrenched myths.
(Paperback, 378 pages, 2002)
#9881 $15.00 Order from Tapestry Books
Adoption Nation
by Adam Pertman
In ADOPTION NATION, Adam Pertman, an award-winning journalist and adoptive father, provides valuable insights into the pleasures and perils of adoption. He shows how it now affects almost all our lives, whether we realize it or not. And he lays out the ways in which policymakers should revise our laws to improve the process of adoption, stop treating members of the "adoption triad" as second-class citizens, and remove the obstacles that keep the children who most need permanent homes from getting them.
#7390 $16.95 Order from Tapestry Books
Secret Thoughts of An Adoptive Mother [best seller]
by
Debra Stewart Peterson
What a great book! SECRET THOUGHTS OF AN ADOPTIVE MOTHER reveals the hidden
emotions that so many adoptive parents are afraid or embarrassed to share,
believing they are alone in feeling this wayÑfeelings of amusement and
terror, surrealism and sarcasm, familiarity and alienation. This book
discusses the author's fears, concerns, and questions about adoption. You
won't be able to put it down until you've read it from cover to cover.
(Paperback, 168 pages, 2000)
#4871 $12.95 Order from Tapestry Books
Does
Anybody Else Look Like Me? A Parent's Guide to Raising Multiracial Children
by
Donna Jackson Nakazawa
A great book for helping ethnically-mixed kids to develop an understanding of
their individuality and build self-esteem. "Am I black or white or am I American?" DOES ANYBODY ELSE LOOK LIKE ME includes professional commentary as well as scripts and
stories that will become an invaluable reference for both adoptive and birth parents
of mixed race children as they rear their children in an evolving world.
(Hardcover, 256 pages, 2003)
#9474 $25.00 Order from Tapestry Books
The Family of Adoption
by Joyce McGuire Pavao
"Pioneering therapist shows, through stories of her work with children and families, that there are normal, predictable developmental stages and challenges for adopted people. Timely, powerful argument for the right kind of openness within adoptive families. THE FAMILY OF ADOPTION is a vital book for adoptive parents and all who work with children.
#6114 $14.00 Order from Tapestry Books
Talking With Young Children About Adoption [best seller]
by
Mary Watkins, Ph.D. and Susan Fisher, M.D.
Current wisdom holds that adoptive parents should talk with their children
about adoption as early as possible. But it's often hard to know what to say
and when to say it. How do children respond to the concept of adoption? How
do they incorporate adoption into their make-believe play? What worries do
they have? This book, for parents of children aged two to ten, answers these
questions, and many more. It provides wonderful insights into the process of TALKING
WITH YOUNG CHILDREN ABOUT ADOPTION.
(Paperback, 257 pages, 1993)
#3263 $18.00 Order from Tapestry Books
Children
of Intercountry Adoptions in School: A Primer for
Parents and Professionals
by
Ruth Lyn Meese
Children adopted from foreign countries have issues that can often place them
at high risk for failure in school. Teachers and other school professionals
often do not know how to test them, teach them, or meet their needs. CHILDREN
OF INTERCOUNTRY ADOPTION IN SCHOOL explains those needs and offers guidelines
and suggestions to maximize the educational performance of these children and
help them meet their full potential.
(Hardcover, 216 pages, 2002)
#8524 $39.95 Order from Tapestry Books
For Children
Families are Forever [Autographed copy!]
by
Craig Shemin
Rain, a Chinese-American adoptee helps us learn that a family's origin is
only the beginning to what it means to be a family. Families are forever is a
heartwarming tale of family love and beginnings, Rain meets Bo and her
forever Mom and they become a brand new family. There are many different
kinds of families, no matter how that family may look.
(Hardcover, 34 pages, 2003)
#9687 $13.95 Order from Tapestry Books
The
Family Book
by
Todd Parr
There are so many different types of families, and THE FAMILY BOOK celebrates
all of them in a funny, silly, and reassuring way. This book includes adopted
families, step-families, one-parent families, and families with two parents
of the same sex, as well as the traditional family. His quirky humor and
bright, childlike illustrations will make children feel good about their
families. Parents and teachers can use this book to encourage children to
talk about their families and the different kinds of families that exist.
(Hardcover, 32 pages, ages 3 to 6, 2003)
#7590 $15.95 Order from Tapestry Books
It's
Okay to be Different
by
Todd Parr
IT'S OKAY TO BE DIFFERENT features Todd Parr's trademark bold, bright colors
and silly scenes. This book embraces diversity in a unique way.
Deceptively simple in appearance, this book cleverly delivers its important
messages of acceptance, understanding, and confidence in a child-friendly
package.
(Hardcover, 32 pages, 2001)
#9905 $14.95 Order from Tapestry Books
Lucy's
Family Tree
by
Karen Halvorsen Schreck
When Lucy receives a homework assignment to make a family tree,
she thinks that because she was adopted from
(Hardcover, 40 pages, color, 2001, ages 8 to 11)
#7722 $16.95 Order from Tapestry Books
For Teachers/Educators
S.A.F.E.
at School-(S)upport for
(A)doptive (F)amilies by
(E)ducators: A Manual for Teachers and Counselors
by
Marilyn Schoettle
S.A.F.E. AT SCHOOL presents 5 proactive strategies to help teachers and
counselors create a positive adoption environment in school: Acceptance,
Accuracy, Assignments, Assistance, and Advocacy. Background material is
included on: adoption today, unique educational needs of some students, and
how students at all ages are likely to comprehend the complexities of
adoption. Guidelines and examples are provided to improve communication about
adoption while protecting the privacy of personal adoption stories.S.A.F.E. is a
complete--but simple--tool for addressing the complex topic of adoption in
ANY school.
(Wirebound, 82 pages, 2003)
#9098 $25.00 Order from Tapestry Books
Adoption and the Schools: Resources for Parents and Teachers [best seller!]
by
From tots to teens, school can often be a challenge for the adopted child.
Sometimes it's "simply" a matter of educating the educators about
adoption, diversity, inclusion, language, and special educational needs. Sometimes
you need to go further and tackle deeply-held traditional practices and
policies. Either way, ADOPTION AND THE SCHOOLS will help you and your child's
teachers make school a better place for your adopted child.
(Wirebound, 269 pages, 2001)
#7765 $27.95 Order from Tapestry Books
An
Educator's Guide to Adoption
Baby pictures ... Family Trees ... Family Life ... Cultural Heritage. These
popular school assignments can be difficult, if not impossible, for adopted
children. AN EDUCATOR'S GUIDE TO ADOPTION will help teachers to increase
their understanding of families built by adoption. It gives them the tools to
deal with possibly awkward situations and provides resources for integrating
lessons about family diversity into the standard curriculum. Every family
with school-aged adopted children needs a copy of this book to educate the
educators.
(Paperback, 22 pages, 2000)
#7080 $9.95 Order from Tapestry Books
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Giraffes Can't Dance
by
At the annual Jungle Dance, the warthogs waltz and the chimps cha-cha but all the animals tell Gerald the Giraffe that he's too clumsy to dance. As he walks home, a cricket tells Gerald that maybe he just needs to dance to a different beat and soon he's swaying with the grace of a swan. Inspire your child with this tale of individuality filled with rhyming verses.
#9999 $15.95
Are you my mother?
by
A baby bird is hatched while his mother is away. Fallen from his nest, he sets out to look for her and asks everyone he meets -- including a dog, a cow, and a plane -- "Are you my mother?"
Mrs. Hen's Big Surprise
by
Mrs. Hen sits patiently for what looks to be a full year on her strange egg, much to the merriment of her barnyard neighbors. But patience and faith win out. The egg at last cracks, hatching a huge baby dinosaur. Does Mrs. Hen care? Not on your life. And neither will the rapt listener. Mrs. Hen and her chick "began the life Mrs. Hen had always dreamed about." And there's little doubt that they lived happily ever after.
#7994 $12.95
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