Adoption & Fostering

Join William Wobbly, Sophie Spikey, Rosie Rudey and more in this collection of all nine Sarah Naish therapeutic storybooks for children. The collection includes the following titles, each one written specifically for children who have experienced...

*Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2022!*A COSMOPOLITAN, BBC, STYLIST, DAILY MAIL, GOOD HOUSEKEEPING and GUARDIAN BEST BOOK PICK!'Astounding. Heart-breaking but hopeful, and a fresh new voice' PANDORA SYKES'Moving and beautifully written'...

There are great rewards that come along with being a foster parent, yet there are also great challenges that can leave you feeling depleted, alone, and discouraged. The many burdens of a foster parent's day--hurting children, struggling biological...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780440508380Author Sherrie EldridgeFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Bantam Doubleday DellPublisher Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group...

This new book from life work expert Joy Rees explains the value of effective and meaningful life work with children who are fostered and adopted, and how best to carry this out.This book will help social work professionals, foster carers and adopters to...

Between the Mountain and the Sky shows us the goodness that is possible when a single person--regardless of age--takes action to help another and, in the process, changes the lives of hundreds. Maggie's story begins in suburban New Jersey, in a...

Mississippi, 1967. It's the Summer of Love, yet unwed mothers' maternity homes are flourishing, secret closed adoptions are routine, and many young women still have no voice. In You'll Forget This Ever Happened, Laura Engel takes us back to the Deep...

Most adopted children and their families will, sooner or later, encounter the challenges of dealing with unresolved attachment issues or early traumatic experiences. New Families, Old Scripts is an accessible introduction to understanding these...

The Girl and the Ghosts is the third book from well-loved foster carer and Sunday Times bestselling author Angela Hart.'So, is it a girl or a boy, and how old?' Jonathan asked as soon as we were alone in the shop.My husband knew from the animated look on...

A Guide to Therapeutic Child Care provides an easy to read explanation of the secrets that lie behind good quality therapeutic child care.It describes relevant theories, the 'invisible' psychological challenges that children will often struggle with and...

Music therapy is a valuable method of support and treatment for those dealing with trauma within the adoption community. Music Therapy in Adoption and Trauma offers a timely and much-needed perspective for music and creative arts therapists, as well as...

Bestselling author and foster carer Casey Watson shares the shocking true story of Tyler, an abused eleven-year-old who, after stabbing his step-mother, had nowhere else to go. Knowing a little of Tyler's past - his biological mother, a heroin...

Written for busy foster carers and adoptive parents, this book provides a concise introduction to Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), and how to support a child with a diagnosis. It emphasises the common strengths children with ASD have, as well as offering...

'Oi, Hilda, the sign outside says you're frying today but I ain't seeing nothing done in ere!' The voice cut through my daydream, startling me into remembering where I was: standing in the fish-and-chip shop I worked in. We opened for business at 5 p.m...

The book describes the experiences that people have had when tracing their birth parents, as well as offering practical advice on how to go about searching and what to expect emotionally. Each section has an advice box which summarizes key points, notes...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781907585708Author Pamela BartramFormat PaperbackPage Count 94Imprint British Association for Adoption and Fostering (BAAF)Publisher CoramBAAFWeight(grams)...

A heartbreaking true story of a broken family and the foster carer who wants to keep them together... The Watsons are no strangers to sibling placements but when Casey takes the call from her supervising social worker one frosty January...

'I'm so sorry, Casey,' my link worker John said, sounding weary. 'I know this is probably the worst time I could ring you, but we desperately need someone to take a child tonight.' It's the night before Christmas when Casey and Mike get the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781623175825Author Melissa Guida-RichardsFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint North Atlantic Books,U.S.Publisher North Atlantic Books,U.S.

Assessing prospective adoptive parents, foster carers, kinship carers and special guardians is an extremely complex task, and one that happens within a pressurized time frame.Currently, assessments draw substantially on interviews, which can generate a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of National Book Critics Circle Awards.Book InformationISBN 9780143038979Author Ann FesslerFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam...

Casey's Unit is, as ever, full of troubled, disaffected pupils, and new arrival Leo is something of a conundrum. Thirteen year old Leo isn't a bad lad - in fact, he's generally polite and helpful, but he's in danger of permanent exclusion for...

A heart-wrenching story from the bestselling author of The Throwaway Children. Thirteen-year-old Lisa has escaped from Nazi Germany on the Kindertransport. She arrives in London unable to speak a word of English, her few belongings crammed into a...

'Embraces the spirit and the message of the movie...A must-read' Karolyn Grimes, actress, 'Zuzu' in 'It's a Wonderful Life' 'Beautiful and uplifting...Written with such heart it warms the soul' Claudia Carroll 'A compelling,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781950741038Author Kim FosterFormat PaperbackPage Count 286Imprint Inky's Nest PublishingPublisher Inky's Nest PublishingWeight(grams) 331gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781737205203Author Marti SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 236Imprint Marti Smith SeminarsPublisher Marti Smith Seminars

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780999606421Author Ann GigantiFormat PaperbackPage Count 330Imprint Ann Widick GigantiPublisher Ann Widick GigantiWeight(grams) 440gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781780920979Author Helen OakwaterFormat PaperbackPage Count 202Imprint MX PublishingPublisher MX PublishingWeight(grams) 331gDimensions(mm) 244mm * 170mm *...

Up until yesterday I knew who I was. Up until yesterday my life wasn't a lie. Rosa Fisher is the smart girl, the good girl. At twenty-five and mid-way through a PhD in the psychology of fraud, she thinks she has herself all figured out. Until that night,...

This innovative book brings together a wide range of therapeutic approaches, techniques and models to outline recent developments in the practice of supporting children in out-of-home care. It sheds light on the significance of schools, sports and peer...

When struggling photojournalist Harper tries to return a dress she bought that morning for a job that's fallen through something catches her eye: the same little girl who was waiting there that morning is still there.The sales assistant doesn't know...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578366838Author Lisa CoppolaFormat PaperbackPage Count 136Imprint Boston Post Adoption Resources, Inc.Publisher Boston Post Adoption Resources, Inc...

Krish Kandiah wants us all to take seriously Jesus's call to 'suffer the little children' by engaging with the needs of the many thousands of children up and down the country who are in care and whom the church could and should be helping.Krish and his...

'The word "mesmerising" is frequently applied to memoirs, but seldom as deservedly as in the case of Girl With Dove' Financial Times 'Reading is a form of escape and an avid reader is an escape artist...' ...

'I defy any reader, once they've taken the smallest nibble, not to gobble it all down' Sunday ExpressIn wartime Suffolk, Caroline Hunterton fell in love. Now, decades on, that love becomes the only connection between a tragic Hollywood accident in the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781739850609Author Jo HorsleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 136Imprint Jo HorsleyPublisher Jo HorsleyWeight(grams) 254g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781847514363Author Beryl MatthewsFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Severn House Publishers LtdPublisher Severn House Publishers LtdWeight(grams) 312g

Officially supported and endorsed by the Theraplay Institute, this handbook provides concrete assistance from international experts on deepening Theraplay knowledge and skills in much-needed and requested areas of practice.With up-to-date information on...

Don't miss the new novel from the Women's Prize longlisted author of Careless'An emotional rollercoaster' GRAZIA'A rare new talent' THE GUARDIAN''So real, and so very moving' JESSICA RYN'A second heartfelt triumph' ANSTEY HARRISLucy Banbury is fine...

This book offers a thorough examination and discussion of the evidence on attachment, its influence on development, and attachment disorders. In Part One, the authors outline attachment theory, the influence of sensitive and insensitive caregiving and...