Kids Need to Be Safe
A Book for Children in Foster Care
Free Spirit Publishing · Print & ebook · December 15, 2005
“Kids are important… They need safe places to live, and safe places to play.” For some kids, this means living with foster parents.
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- Who it’s for
- A clear explanation of foster homes, foster parents, and children's feelings.
- Themes
- Foster care, Safety and belonging, Reassurance that it is not their fault
- Genres
- Orphans & Foster Kids, Alternative Families, Emotions
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“Kids are important… They need safe places to live, and safe places to play.” For some kids, this means living with foster parents. In simple words and full-color illustrations, this book explains why some kids move to foster homes, what foster parents do, and ways kids might feel during foster care. Children often believe that they are in foster care because they are “bad.”
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This book makes it clear that the troubles in their lives are not their fault; the message throughout is one of hope and support. Includes resources and information for parents, foster parents, social workers, counselors, and teachers.
Foster Care, Explained
A clear explanation of foster homes, foster parents, and children's feelings.
Come here for
- Why some children move into foster homes
- What foster parents do
Expect
- Simple words and full-color illustrations
- Reassurance that life's troubles aren't a child's fault
Where it sits
| Orphans & Foster Kids | 98% |
|---|---|
| Alternative Families | 36% |
| Emotions | 28% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Orphans & Foster Kids
- Parents & Parenting
- Emotions
- Authors
- Julie Nelson
- Publisher
- Free Spirit Publishing
- Published
- December 15, 2005
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Foster care · Safety and belonging · Reassurance that it is not their fault
- Reading lane
- Orphans & Foster Kids