Book review: “Our Beautiful Chaos” written by Rachael Leanne
When we started to consider adoption, I scoured the internet for stories from adopters sharing their experiences. I wanted to know what the assessment was really like. And how it feels when you meet your child for the first time. And what happens in the early days of placement. As well as eleventy billion other […]
Eight adoption books for parents-to-be
When we started our adoption journey, I wanted to find out what the process was really like from people who’d been through it. I struggled to find many books or articles written by adopters about their experiences. Thankfully, there are a lot more books on the market now, written by adopters, sharing their experience of […]
An Adopter’s Guide to Adoption
When my husband and I first started to think about adoption, I scoured the internet for blogs or books written by adopters about their experiences. I wanted to know what the process was really like. How does the assessment work? What kinds of things can be an issue? What happens on the preparation course? How […]
Book Review: The A-Z of Therapeutic Parenting by Sarah Naish
This month’s book review is of “The A-Z of Therapeutic Parenting”, written by Sarah Naish. It’s one of many books she’s written for parents and children to help them manage behaviour and feelings. Sarah is an adoptive parent and director Inspire Training Group which delivers training on attachment issues. She’s also founder of the National […]
20 of the best adoption books
Books are a great way of learning about any subject. Whatever stage of your adoption journey you’re at, there’s always a book to help you learn more. So, I thought it would be useful to do a post of some of the adoption books available for parents and children. I’d love to know what your […]
Book review: “My way to keep anger away” written by Elizabeth Cole
Our youngest daughter has been very angry lately. She generally seems to take things in her stride, but our first review meeting with her reception teacher told a different story. Other than the first day or two in September, she’s gone into school happily. She seems happy when she comes home. And like most kids […]
Article roundup: Reviews of children’s adoption books
When we first started our adoption journey, there weren’t good children’s books that explained the process. Fast forward a few years and I pleased to see so many wonderful children’s adoption books available. They’re mainly written by adopters and introduce some of the big issues around adoption, in a child-friendly way. I’ve been lucky enough […]
Book Review: The Blanket Bears by Samuel Langley-Swain
Books are a great way of helping children understand big issues like adoption and the reasons why some children can’t stay with their birth families. Over the last few years, there have been some brilliant children’s books written by adopters to help their little ones understand their history. The Blanket Bears is one of those […]
Book review: The Prep Group written by Eloisa Hope
Most of the books I review in the magazine are non-fiction books because there aren’t that many novels about adoption. But I love reading novels and was therefore delighted when Eloisa Hope asked me if I’d like to receive an electronic version of new her book to read before it went to press. “The Prep […]
Adoption Books: The Family Puzzle written by Rosemary Lucas
If you’ve been a reader of the magazine for a while, you’ll know how much I love using books to help explain difficult topics with our girls. One of the first adoption books we read with our eldest daughter was The Family Fairies written by Rosemary Lucas. She loved the book (she now reads it […]