What Do We Think About: Adoption?

by JillianPowell (Author)

• Used

  Hardcover
  1999

  $5.83

  Introducing children to the sensitive issues of adoption and fostering, this book, which is one of a series, aims to reassure and promote a positive attitude by explaining the hows and whys . Case histories are used to help the reader understand and empathise. An emphasis is placed, in this book, on adoption being something regular and normal , with the adoptive child as centre of a loving and caring family. The photographs are central to the book and often they tell the story as well as the text. Included are notes for teachers and a list of adresses to contact. It is designed for National Curriculum Key Stage 1 P1-3.

• Used

  Paperback
  2001

  $4.34

  The simple text and especially commissioned photographs aim to help younger readers to understand the complicated and sensitive subject of adoption, how and why it happens and how it might feel. It contains examples of children who have been adopted and found new lives with families who love and care for them. The book also includes help-lines to call and a guide on how to use the book for teaching literacy.