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A Kids Book about Being in Foster Care

by Heather Ann Brauer

A child’s perspective on foster care

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AlbakiReads Editorial

A child’s perspective on foster care

Heather Ann Brauer’s book introduces foster care through a child’s firsthand experience, while emphasizing that each person’s experience is different. Its focus is both the process and what it can be like for the people involved, giving families a starting point for discussing a complex topic together. The publisher describes a bold, minimalist page design and presents the book as part of a series intended to open conversations between children and grown-ups.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Children learning about foster care
  • Families and caregivers seeking a starting point for conversations about foster care
  • Readers interested in child-centered nonfiction about family and care

Themes

Foster careFirsthand experienceDifferent personal experiencesFamily conversations

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Book overview

Everyone's experience of foster care is different. Join us as we see it through the eyes of a kid with firsthand experience!

This is a kids' book about being in foster care. What do you know about being in foster care? Whatever comes to mind, let's put that aside for now as we learn more about the process from a kid who's been through it firsthand.

Written for kids aged 5-9, the awesome author of this book talks about his experience in foster care - which is unique to him. We hope you'll share his openness, curiosity, and desire to learn more about the system and what it's like for the people in it. Let's dive in!

A Kids Book About Being in Foster Care features:
  • A large and bold, yet minimalist font design that allows kids freedom to imagine themselves in the words on the pages.
  • A friendly, approachable, empowering, and child-appropriate tone throughout.
  • An incredible and diverse group of authors in the series who are experts or have first-hand experience of the topic.

Tackling important discourse together!

The A Kids Book About titles are best used when read together. Helping to kickstart important, challenging, and empowering conversations for kids and their grown-ups through beautiful and thought-provoking pages. The series supports an incredible and diverse group of authors, who are either experts in their field, or have first-hand experience on the topic.

A Kids Co. is a new kind of media company enabling kids to explore big topics in a new and engaging way, with a growing series of books, podcasts, and blogs made to empower. Learn more about us online by searching for A Kids Co.
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