Zachary’s New Home: A Story for Foster and Adopted Children
June 2, 2010 by Adoption Information and Laws
Filed under Adoption Products & Books
- ISBN13: 9780945354277
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
This story for adopted and foster children describes the adventures of Zachary the kitten, who is taken from his mother’s house when she is unable to take care of him. It follows Zachary as he goes into foster care, his adoption by a family of geese
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List Price: $ 9.95
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Review by Teresa Sach for Zachary’s New Home: A Story for Foster and Adopted Children
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I am a social worker with Child Protective Services and I use this book all the time. It helps me to explain to a child what is happening in their life as well as frame their situation in a perspective they can understand. I have used this book both at the time I am removing a child from a birth home and at the times that I place a child in an adoptive home. They often ask me to read the story again. I recommend this book for anyone with a foster child in their home or a child adopted from the Child Welfare System.
Review by Lindsay A Hannigan for Zachary’s New Home: A Story for Foster and Adopted Children
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The story of the little kitten, who’s daddy disappears, and Mummy is bad to him, is well written and non judgemental. The kitten is taken away from his birth mother and fostered, then adopted into a family of Swans, who love him. The book tells about the kitten’s confusion and feelings of loss, and has a happy ending when the adoptive parents re-state their love for him.This book is relevant for children who have been removed from a birth parent’s home, not for children adopted after being orphaned or abandoned, and the picture of the scary Mum will probably introduce the wrong message about their birth parents.
Review by Cindy & Dick Lovell for Zachary’s New Home: A Story for Foster and Adopted Children
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As a foster mother and author of books for foster children, it is wonderful to see good quality books available for foster children! The writing is easy to understand and deals with some being in foster care and then being adopted. The illustrations are charming–I like how animals are used because they are appropriate for the whimsy of children, plus they do not peg the reader into thinking about whether the book’s subjects are “black” or “white,” etc. Children will be able to relate to this book, and they will find comfort in its story. -Cynthia Miller Lovell, author of The Star: A story to help young children understand foster care, and Questions & Activities for The Star: A handbook for foster parents
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This book clearly explains the child coming into foster care and then being adopted. Great for children who were adopted though the foster care system.
Review by Rachele L. Floyd for Zachary’s New Home: A Story for Foster and Adopted Children
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We are in the process of adoptiong 2 children, ages 3 and 4, from the foster care system. We have found this book to be an excellent tool for helping our children understand their story and begin to heal from their wounds. Other books on adoption for children are based on the premise that they were adopted at birth, which has confused our kids because they have been in foster care for as long as they can remember and therefore these books are not always relevant. Zachary’s new home has been exactly what they needed!